melancholy
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Is melancholy a Scrabble word?
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What is the meaning of melancholy?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (historical) Black bile, formerly thought to be one of the four "cardinal humours" of animal bodies.Examples: "Melancholy, cold and dry, thick, black, and sour, […] is a bridle to the other two hot humours, blood and choler, preserving them in the blood, and nourishing the bones."countablehistoricaluncountable
adj (English)
1. (literary) Affected with great sadness or depression.Examples: "Melancholy people don't talk much."; "[…] he is melancholy without cause, and merry against the hair: […]"; "“[…] the awfully hearty sort of Christmas cards that people do send to other people that they don't know at all well. […] And then, when you see [the senders], you probably find that they are the most melancholy old folk with malignant diseases. […]”"Synonyms: melancholic, atrabiliary, atrabilious, blitheless, blue, bummed out, chapfallen, cheerlessliterary
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