Definition of melancholy

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Melancholy (a.) Producing great evil and grief; causing dejection; calamitous; afflictive; as, a melancholy event..

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Deep :: Deep (superl.) Profound; thorough; complete; unmixed; intense; heavy; heartfelt; as, deep distress; deep melancholy; deep horror..
Gloomy :: Gloomy (superl.) Affected with, or expressing, gloom; melancholy; dejected; as, a gloomy temper or countenance..
Melancholiness :: Melancholiness (n.) The state or quality of being melancholy.
Melancholian :: Melancholian (n.) A person affected with melancholy; a melancholic.
Melancholy :: Melancholy (a.) Somewhat deranged in mind; having the jugment impaired.
Atrabiliar :: Atrabiliar (a.) Melancholy; atrabilious.
Temper :: Temper (n.) Constitution of body; temperament; in old writers, the mixture or relative proportion of the four humors, blood, choler, phlegm, and melancholy..
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..
Melancholic :: Melancholic (a.) Given to melancholy; depressed; melancholy; dejected; unhappy.
Gloaming :: Gloaming (n.) Sullenness; melancholy.
Melancholy :: Melancholy (n.) Ill nature.
Spleen :: Spleen (n.) Melancholy; hypochondriacal affections.
Plaintive :: Plaintive (n.) Expressive of sorrow or melancholy; mournful; sad.
Mood :: Mood (n.) Temper of mind; temporary state of the mind in regard to passion or feeling; humor; as, a melancholy mood; a suppliant mood..
Melancholist :: Melancholist (n.) One affected with melancholy or dejection.
Dump :: Dump (v. t.) A dull, gloomy state of the mind; sadness; melancholy; low spirits; despondency; ill humor; -- now used only in the plural..
Melancholious :: Melancholious (a.) Melancholy.
Hyp :: Hyp (v. t.) To make 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..
Melancholic :: Melancholic (n.) A gloomy state of mind; melancholy.
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