melancholy
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(satellite adjective) characterized by or causing or expressing sadness; "growing more melancholy every hour"; "her melancholic smile"; "we acquainted him with the melancholy truth" |
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Synonyms: melancholic |
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(noun) a feeling of thoughtful sadness |
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Related Words: Weltschmerz, brooding, gloom, gloominess, heavyheartedness, pensiveness, sadness, somberness, unhappiness, world-weariness |
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(noun) a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed |
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Related Words: depression |
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(noun) a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy |
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Synonyms: black bile |
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Related Words: humor, humour |
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