Melancholy
11melancholy — 1 adjective sad or making you feel sad: a melancholy expression | the seagulls melancholy cry 2 noun (U) formal a feeling of sadness for no particular reason: They sank into a mood of deep melancholy. | the lingering melancholy of Gloomy Sunday …
12melancholy — /ˈmɛlənkɒli / (say meluhnkolee) noun (plural melancholies) 1. a gloomy state of mind, especially when habitual or prolonged; depression. 2. sober thoughtfulness; pensiveness. 3. Obsolete a. condition of having too much black bile. b. the bile… …
13melancholy — I. noun (plural cholies) Etymology: Middle English malencolie, from Anglo French, from Late Latin melancholia, from Greek, from melan + cholē bile more at gall Date: 14th century 1. a. an abnormal state attributed to an excess of black bile and… …
14melancholy — mel|an|chol|y1 [ˈmelənkəli US ka:li] adj very sad ▪ The music suited her melancholy mood. melancholy 2 melancholy2 n [U] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: melancolie, from Late Latin melancholia, from Greek, from melas black + chole bile ]… …
15melancholy — mel•an•chol•y [[t]ˈmɛl ənˌkɒl i[/t]] n. pl. chol•ies, adj. 1) psi a gloomy state of mind; dejection 2) thoughtfulness; pensiveness 3) a) a condition of depression and irritability formerly attributed to an excess of black bile b) black bile 4)… …
16melancholy — Synonyms and related words: absorption, abstraction, aching heart, agony, agony of mind, anguish, atrabiliar, atrabilious, bale, beetle browed, bitterness, black, black browed, blase, bleeding heart, blue, blues, boredness, boredom, bouderie,… …
17melancholy — [14] Etymologically, melancholy means ‘black gall’. The word comes via Old French melancolie and late Latin melancholia from Greek melagkholíā, a compound formed from mélās ‘black’ (source also of English melanin [19] and melanoma [19]) and kholé …
18melancholy — 1. adjective a melancholy expression Syn: sad, sorrowful, unhappy, desolate, mournful, lugubrious, gloomy, despondent, dejected, depressed, downhearted, downcast, disconsolate, glum, miserable, wretched, dismal, morose …
19melancholy — 1. adjective a melancholy mood Syn: sad, sorrowful, unhappy, gloomy, despondent, glum, miserable, morose; informal down in the dumps, blue Ant: cheerful 2. noun a feeling of melancholy Syn: sadness …
20melancholy — [ˈmelənkəli] noun [U] literary 1) a feeling of being very sad and having no hope melancholy adj 2) a melancholy tone of voice[/ex] …
