Melancholy synonyms

depressed

Feeling or characterized by sadness or dejection.

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unhappy

Unlucky; unfortunate

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dejection

Lowness of spirits; depression

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dispirited

Affected or marked by low spirits; dejected.

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saddening

Causing sadness.

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disconsolate

Causing or suggesting dejection; cheerless

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joyful (antonym)

The definition of joyful is expressing delight or happiness.

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sad (related)

Appearing sorrowful.

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cheer (antonym)

The definition of cheer is joy and gladness, or anything that is comforting.

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atrabiliar

(Obsolete) melancholy; atrabilious

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cheerless

A feeling or spell of dismally low spirits

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disconsolation

The state of being disconsolate; gloom.

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despair

Complete loss of hope.

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depressing

A feeling or spell of dismally low spirits

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dismal

A feeling or spell of dismally low spirits

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downhearted

A feeling or spell of dismally low spirits

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glum

(Obsolete) sullenness

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megrims

A feeling or spell of dismally low spirits

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melancholia

Clinical depression, characterised by irrational fears, guilt and apathy

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pensive

A feeling or spell of dismally low spirits

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plaintive

A feeling or spell of dismally low spirits

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somber

A feeling or spell of dismally low spirits

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sorrow

(Countable) (usually in plural) An instance or cause of unhappiness.

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sorrowful

A feeling or spell of dismally low spirits

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cheerful (antonym)

Willing; ready

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happy (antonym)

Cheerful; willing:

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cheerfulness (antonym)

The state of being cheerful; joy.

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happiness (antonym)

The definition of happiness is the state of joy, peace and tranquility.

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joy (antonym)

Intense and especially ecstatic or exultant happiness, or an instance of such feeling.

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dreary

Dismal; bleak.

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unfortunate

Having bad luck; unlucky

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wistfulness

The state or characteristic of being wistful.

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atrabilious

Having a peevish disposition; surly.

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doldrums

Doldrums is defined as a gloomy feeling, low spirits or a time of inactivity.

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sadness

(Uncountable) The state or emotion of being sad.

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feelings (related)

Plural form of feeling

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hypochondriac

Of or having hypochondria

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hypochondriacal

Suffering from hypochondria.

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blue

A liquid with an intense blue colour, added to a laundry wash to prevent yellowing of white clothes.

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blues

(Sports) Any of a number of sports teams which wear blue kit.

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depression

A period of widespread poverty and high unemployment.

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desolation

Wretchedness; misery.

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despondency

Despondency is defined as a state of feeling hopeless or dejected.

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despondent

A feeling or spell of dismally low spirits

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doleful

A feeling or spell of dismally low spirits

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downcast

(Computing) A cast from supertype to subtype.

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dull

A feeling or spell of dismally low spirits

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dumps

Plural form of dump

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funereal

A feeling or spell of dismally low spirits

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gloom

Darkness; dimness; obscurity

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gloomy

A feeling or spell of dismally low spirits

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hypochondria

A psychiatric disorder characterized by the conviction that one is ill or soon to become ill, often accompanied by physical symptoms, when illness is neither present nor likely. &diamf3; A person with hypochondria is called a hypochondriac.

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low

(Scottish dialectal, archaic) A hill.

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melancholy

A tendency to be sad, gloomy, or depressed

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moody

A surname.

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tristful

A feeling or spell of dismally low spirits

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woebegone

A feeling or spell of dismally low spirits

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despondence

The state of being downcast or despondent.

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dolefulness

The characteristic of being doleful; sadness.

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downheartedness

The characteristic of being downhearted; sadness.

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dysphoria

A state of feeling unwell or unhappy; a feeling of emotional and mental discomfort and suffering from restlessness, malaise, depression or anxiety.

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funk

A state of severe depression.

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glumness

The emotion of being glum.

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heavy-heartedness

A feeling or spell of dismally low spirits

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mope

A dull, spiritless person.

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mournfulness

The property of being mournful.

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unhappiness

The feeling of not being happy

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dejected

Sad and dispirited.

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desolate

Desolate is defined as someone or something which is unhappy or bleak.

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down

Depressed; dejected

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dysphoric

Pertaining to dysphoria, or of being in a state of dysphoria

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melancholic

Of or relating to melancholia.

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black-bile

One of the four humors of ancient and medieval physiology, supposed to cause melancholy when present in excess.

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mournful (related)

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wistful (related)

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haunting (related)

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languid (related)

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sombre (related)

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dreamy (related)

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languor (related)

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reverie (related)

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foreboding (related)

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grief (related)

A source or cause of deep mental anguish:

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sepulchral

A feeling or spell of dismally low spirits

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spiritless

Lacking energy, drive, motivation or emotion. Enervated.

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dispiriting

Lowering the morale of; making despondent or depressive; disheartening.

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joyless

Without joy; sullen, gloomy, dreary, etc.

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woeful

A feeling or spell of dismally low spirits

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heavy-hearted

(Idiomatic) Sad, melancholy.

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down at (or in) the mouth

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