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Another word for melancholy

melancholy Synonyms

melancholy

modif.

Sad; said of persons
depressed, unhappy, dispirited; see sad 1.
Depressing; said of information or events
dreary, unfortunate, saddening; see sad 2. See syn. study at sad.

melancholy Synonyms

melancholy

n.

wistfulness, despair, unhappiness; see depression 2, grief 1, sadness.

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Another word for melancholy

noun

A feeling or spell of dismally low spirits:

blues, dejection, depression, despondence, despondency, doldrums, dolefulness, downheartedness, dumps, dysphoria, funk, gloom, glumness, heavy-heartedness, mope (used in plural), mournfulness, sadness, unhappiness. See feelings, happy

adjective

In low spirits:
blue, dejected, depressed, desolate, dispirited, down, downcast, downhearted, dull, dysphoric, gloomy, heavy-hearted, low, melancholic, sad, spiritless, tristful, unhappy, wistful. Idiom: down at (or in) the mouth. See happy
Tending to cause sadness or low spirits:
blue, cheerless, depressing, dismal, dispiriting, gloomy, joyless, sad. See happy

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He had many melancholy reflections of his old school days.
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.
Melancholy descended over her with the rain.
Oddly, the sound seemed more melancholy than menacing.
There was a melancholy mood by the river.

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