melancholy
adjective
- 1
grave or even gloomy in character
solemn and mournful music
a suit of somber black
- 2
characterized by or causing or expressing sadness
growing more melancholy every hour
her melancholic smile
noun
- 1
a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy
- 2
a feeling of thoughtful sadness
- 3
a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed
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