Melancholy Synonyms and Antonyms

mĕlən-kŏlē
A feeling or spell of dismally low spirits
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. depression
  2. sadness
  3. blues
  4. dejection
  5. despondency
  6. despair
  7. doldrums
  8. dumps
  9. gloom
  10. unhappiness
  11. wistfulness
  12. despondence
  13. atrabilious
  14. blue
  15. cheerless
  16. dolefulness
  17. depressing
  18. downheartedness
  19. desolation
  20. despondent
  21. disconsolate
  22. dysphoria
  23. black-bile
  24. disconsolation
  25. dismal
  26. funk
  27. doleful
  28. downcast
  29. downhearted
  30. dreary
  31. glumness
  32. dull
  33. heavy-heartedness
  34. funereal
  35. gloomy
  36. mope
  37. glum
  38. hypochondria
  39. mournfulness
  40. low
  41. megrims
  42. melancholia
  43. melancholy
  44. moody
  45. pensive
  46. plaintive
  47. sad
  48. sepulchral
  49. somber
  50. sorrow
  51. sorrowful
  52. tristful
  53. unhappy
  54. woebegone
  55. woeful
Antonyms:
  1. happiness
  2. cheerfulness
  3. cheer
  4. joy
Depressing; said of information or events
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. sad
  2. dreary
  3. blue
  4. cheerless
  5. depressing
  6. unfortunate
  7. dismal
  8. dispiriting
  9. gloomy
  10. joyless
  11. saddening
Antonyms:
  1. happy
  2. cheerful
  3. joyful
Feeling, showing, or expressing depression of the spirits; sad or dejected.
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. sad

Words Related to Melancholy

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Melancholy Sentence Examples

  • He was cold, haughty, melancholy and dull.

  • He had many melancholy reflections of his old school days.

  • The melancholy silence that followed was broken by the sounds of the children's voices and laughter from the next room.

  • Melancholy descended over her with the rain.

  • In the film two of the characters don't achieve their aims.That makes the film rather melancholy, although it's basically a romantic story.

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