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   melancholy

   /ˈmɛlənk(ə)li/

   noun

   • 1. a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause: "an air of melancholy surrounded him"
   • ▪ another term for melancholia (as a mental condition)
   • ▪ another term for black bile

   adjective

   • 1. having a feeling of melancholy; sad and pensive: "she felt a little melancholy"
   • ▪ causing or expressing sadness; depressing: "the melancholy tone of her writing"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French melancolie, via late Latin from Greek melankholia, from melas, melan- ‘black’ + kholē ‘bile’, an excess of which was formerly believed to cause depression.

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   What does melancholy mean?

   • Pick the best ones! Spelling Bee Quiz Can you outdo past winners of the National Spelli... The meaning of MELANCHOLY is depression of spirits : dejection. How to use melancholy in a sentence.

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   What is a mood of melancholy?

   • 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. The Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus explains the difference between groups of similar words. Try it for free as part of the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary app

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   What does it mean if someone looks melancholy?

   • Melancholy is an intense feeling of sadness which lasts for a long time and which strongly affects your behaviour and attitudes . I was deeply aware of his melancholy as he stood among the mourners. The general watched the process with an air of melancholy. If someone feels or looks melancholy, they feel or look very sad.

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   What is a malencolye man?

   • 1. Medicine. 1.a. Affected with or constitutionally liable to melancholy as a medical condition; accompanying melancholy. Now archaic and historical. Of therthe, which is cold and drye, The kind of man Malencolie Is cleped. Malencolye men falleþ in to þese and many oþer wondirful passiouns.

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   Melancholy is an adjective that means feeling or expressing sadness, or a noun that means sadness that lasts for a long time. Learn more about the word, its pronunciation, and related words and phrases in English and other languages.

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     MELANCHOLY meaning: 1. sad: 2. sadness that lasts for a long...

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   Melancholy is a noun or adjective that means sadness or depression of mind or spirit. It comes from the Latin word melancholia, which means black bile, an ancient theory of mood disorders.

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   adjective. 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. Synonyms: serious. melancholy.

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   characterized by or causing or expressing sadness. “growing more melancholy every hour” “we acquainted him with the melancholy truth” synonyms: melancholic. sad. experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness. adjective. grave or even gloomy in character. synonyms: somber, sombre. cheerless, depressing, uncheerful.

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   1 day ago · Melancholy is an intense feeling of sadness or a state of mind that causes it. It can also refer to a humour or bile that was thought to cause gloominess in ancient medicine. Learn more about the word origin, usage, and synonyms of melancholy.

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   Melancholy is an adjective and noun that means sad, gloomy, or depressed. It also refers to a medical condition, a humour, or a temperament. Learn about its origin, synonyms, and examples from the Oxford English Dictionary.

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    Melancholy is a noun that means a feeling of being very sad that lasts for a long time and often cannot be explained. Learn how to pronounce, use and distinguish it from irony with Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.