Sekirov Dictionary

melancholy

UK /ˈmɛlənkəli/US /ˈmɛl.ənˌkɑ.li/

adjective 2
noun 2
forms 3

adjective2

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Suggestive of wistfulness or subdued emotion.
- It was the same old song / With a melancholy sound. — 1981
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(literary) Affected with great sadness or depression.
- Melancholy people don't talk much.

noun2

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Great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature.
- My mind was troubled with deep melancholy. — 1591
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(historical) Black bile, formerly thought to be one of the four "cardinal humours" of animal bodies.
- Melancholy, cold and dry, thick, black, and sour, […] is a bridle to the other two hot humours, blood and choler, preserving them in the blood, and nourishing the bones. — 2001

forms

melancholies · more melancholy · most melancholy

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