Definition of melancholy

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Melancholy (n.) Depression of spirits; a gloomy state continuing a considerable time; deep dejection; gloominess.

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Dump :: Dump (v. t.) A dull, gloomy state of the mind; sadness; melancholy; low spirits; despondency; ill humor; -- now used only in the plural..
Gloaming :: Gloaming (n.) Sullenness; melancholy.
Melancholize :: Melancholize (v. t.) To make melancholy.
Atrabiliary :: Atrabiliary (a.) Melancholic or hypohondriac; atrabilious; -- from the supposed predominance of black bile, to the influence of which the ancients attributed hypochondria, melancholy, and mania..
Plaintive :: Plaintive (n.) Expressive of sorrow or melancholy; mournful; sad.
Dump :: Dump (v. t.) A melancholy strain or tune in music; any tune.
Melancholily :: Melancholily (adv.) In a melancholy manner.
Temper :: Temper (n.) Constitution of body; temperament; in old writers, the mixture or relative proportion of the four humors, blood, choler, phlegm, and melancholy..
Melancholic :: Melancholic (a.) Given to melancholy; depressed; melancholy; dejected; unhappy.
Hypochondria :: Hypochondria (n.) Hypochondriasis; melancholy; the blues.
Gloomy :: Gloomy (superl.) Affected with, or expressing, gloom; melancholy; dejected; as, a gloomy temper or countenance..
Atrabilarian :: Atrabilarian (n.) A person much given to melancholy; a hypochondriac.
Pensive :: Pensive (a.) Thoughtful, sober, or sad; employed in serious reflection; given to, or favorable to, earnest or melancholy musing..
Fit :: Fit (n.) A mood of any kind which masters or possesses one for a time; a temporary, absorbing affection; a paroxysm; as, a fit melancholy, of passion, or of laughter..
Melancholy :: Melancholy (a.) Depressed in spirits; dejected; gloomy dismal.
Melancholy :: Melancholy (a.) Favorable to meditation; somber.
Downcast :: Downcast (n.) Downcast or melancholy look.
Melancholy :: Melancholy (n.) Pensive maditation; serious thoughtfulness.
Moody :: Moody (superl.) Hence: Out of humor; peevish; angry; fretful; also, abstracted and pensive; sad; gloomy; melancholy..
Melancholy :: Melancholy (n.) Great and continued depression of spirits, amounting to mental unsoundness; melancholia..
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