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melancholy

/ melancholy /
noun/adjective satellite

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
a feeling of thoughtful sadness
Type of:
sadness unhappiness
Kinds of:
gloom gloominess somberness heavyheartedness pensiveness
noun Sense 2
a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed
Type of:
depression
adjective satellite Sense 3
characterized by or causing or expressing sadness
"growing more melancholy every hour"
"her melancholic smile"
"we acquainted him with the melancholy truth"
Similar:
sad
noun Sense 4
a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy
Type of:
liquid body substance bodily fluid body fluid
Semantic Complexity
73%
Sense Count
4
Total Synonyms
1
Total Relationships
12
Times Searched
2
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sadness unhappiness gloom gloominess somberness heavyheartedness pensiveness depression sad liquid body substance bodily fluid body fluid