Definition of melancholy

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Melancholy (a.) Favorable to meditation; somber.

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Gloomy :: Gloomy (superl.) Affected with, or expressing, gloom; melancholy; dejected; as, a gloomy temper or countenance..
Sadden :: Sadden (v. t.) To make grave or serious; to make melancholy or sorrowful.
Melancholian :: Melancholian (n.) A person affected with melancholy; a melancholic.
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..
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..
Spleen :: Spleen (n.) Melancholy; hypochondriacal affections.
Spleenish :: Spleenful (a.) Displaying, or affected with, spleen; angry; fretful; melancholy..
Moody :: Moody (superl.) Hence: Out of humor; peevish; angry; fretful; also, abstracted and pensive; sad; gloomy; melancholy..
Melancholy :: Melancholy (a.) Favorable to meditation; somber.
Dump :: Dump (v. t.) A melancholy strain or tune in music; any tune.
Melancholy :: Melancholy (a.) Producing great evil and grief; causing dejection; calamitous; afflictive; as, a melancholy event..
Blue :: Blue (pl.) Low spirits; a fit of despondency; melancholy.
Atrabilarious :: Atrabilarious (a.) Affected with melancholy; atrabilious.
Hippish :: Hippish (a.) Somewhat hypochondriac; melancholy. See Hyppish.
Dumpish :: Dumpish (a.) Dull; stupid; sad; moping; melancholy.
Melancholist :: Melancholist (n.) One affected with melancholy or dejection.
Plaintive :: Plaintive (n.) Expressive of sorrow or melancholy; mournful; sad.
Melancholiness :: Melancholiness (n.) The state or quality of being melancholy.
Atrabiliar :: Atrabiliar (a.) Melancholy; atrabilious.
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..
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