Definition of melancholy

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Melancholy (n.) Great and continued depression of spirits, amounting to mental unsoundness; melancholia..

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Spleget :: Spleeny (a.) Affected with nervous complaints; melancholy.
Sombre :: Sombre (a.) Melancholy; sad; grave; depressing; as, a somber person; somber reflections..
Melancholic :: Melancholic (n.) A gloomy state of mind; 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..
Dusky :: Dusky (a.) Gloomy; sad; melancholy.
Gloom :: Gloom (n.) Cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness.
Dejection :: Dejection (n.) Lowness of spirits occasioned by grief or misfortune; mental depression; melancholy.
Tarantism :: Tarantism (n.) A nervous affection producing melancholy, stupor, and an uncontrollable desire to dance. It was supposed to be produced by the bite of the tarantula, and considered to be incapable of cure except by protracted dancing to appropriate music..
Melancholy :: Melancholy (a.) Favorable to meditation; somber.
Melancholy :: Melancholy (n.) Ill nature.
Blue :: Blue (pl.) Low spirits; a fit of despondency; melancholy.
Spleen :: Spleen (n.) Melancholy; hypochondriacal affections.
Melancholy :: Melancholy (a.) Depressed in spirits; dejected; gloomy dismal.
Melancholian :: Melancholian (n.) A person affected with melancholy; a melancholic.
Vapor :: Vapor (n.) An old name for hypochondria, or melancholy; the blues..
Melancholious :: Melancholious (a.) Melancholy.
Sorry :: Sorry (a.) Melancholy; dismal; gloomy; mournful.
Melancholiness :: Melancholiness (n.) The state or quality of being melancholy.
Hippish :: Hippish (a.) Somewhat hypochondriac; melancholy. See Hyppish.
Gloaming :: Gloaming (n.) Sullenness; melancholy.
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