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- Dictionarymelancholy/ˈmɛlənk(ə)li/
noun
- 1. a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause: "an air of melancholy surrounded him"
adjective
- 1. having a feeling of melancholy; sad and pensive: "she felt a little melancholy"
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MELANCHOLY definition: 1. sad: 2. sadness that lasts for a long period of time, often without any obvious reason 3. sad: . Learn more.
: suggestive or expressive of sadness or depression of mind or spirit. sang in a melancholy voice.
Being melancholy means that you're overcome in sorrow, wrapped up in sorrowful thoughts. The word started off as a noun for deep sadness, from a rather disgusting source.
affected with, characterized by, or showing melancholy; mournful; depressed: a melancholy mood. Synonyms: downcast, glum, doleful, dismal, dispirited, blue, despondent, gloomy, sorrowful. causing melancholy or sadness; saddening: a melancholy occasion. Antonyms: happy. soberly thoughtful; pensive.
a feeling of being very sad that lasts for a long time and often cannot be explained. A mood of melancholy descended on us. There is a brooding melancholy in his black and white photography. Topics Feelings c2. Word Origin. Definitions on the go.
If someone feels or looks melancholy, they feel or look very sad. [literary] It was in these hours of the late afternoon that Tom Mulligan felt most melancholy. He fixed me with those luminous, empty eyes and his melancholy smile. Synonyms: sad, down, depressed, unhappy More Synonyms of melancholy.
noun [ U ] formal. a feeling of sadness. (Definition of melancholy from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of melancholy. in Chinese (Traditional) 憂鬱的，憂傷的, 憂鬱，憂傷… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 忧郁的，忧伤的, 忧郁，忧伤… See more. in Spanish. melancólico, melancolía… See more. in Portuguese.
