🔄 Synonyms of "Melancholy"
3 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| melancholicnoun | Filled with or affected by melancholy—great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature. |
| sadverb | Feeling sorrow; sorrowful, mournful. |
| black bilenoun | (historical) One of the four humours of ancient and mediaeval physiology, that was believed to be secreted by the kidneys and spleen and to cause melancholy and sadness when present in excess. |
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| black bilenoun | (historical) One of the four humours of ancient and mediaeval physiology, that was believed to be secreted by the kidneys and spleen and to cause melancholy and sadness when present in excess. |
| melancholicnoun | Filled with or affected by melancholy—great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature. |
| sadverb | Feeling sorrow; sorrowful, mournful. |
| bluenoun | Of a blue hue. |
| gloomynoun | Suffering from gloom; melancholy; dejected. |
| depressed | Unhappy; despondent. |
| woenoun | Great sadness or distress; a misfortune causing such sadness. |
| acutenoun | Intense; sensitive; sharp. |
| nostalgicnoun | Of, having, or relating to nostalgia. |
| absencenoun | A state of being away or withdrawn from a place or from companionship |
| athymianoun | (medicine) The absence of emotion; morbid impassivity. |
| gloomnoun | A depressing, despondent, or melancholic atmosphere. |
| dejectionnoun | A state of melancholy or depression; low spirits, the blues. |
| despondencynoun | The loss of hope or confidence; despair or dejection. |
| depressionnoun | (psychology, usually uncountable) A state of mind producing serious, long-term lowering of enjoyment of life or inability to visualize a happy future; any of several mental disorders with this state of mind as a central feature. |
| sadnessnoun | (uncountable) The state or emotion of being sad. |
| sorrownoun | (uncountable) unhappiness, woe |
| sombernessnoun | The state or quality of being somber. |
| gloominessnoun | The state or condition of being gloomy. |
| lugubriousnessnoun | The property of being lugubrious. |
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