Melancholy Synonyms and Antonyms
mĕlən-kŏlē
Sad; said of persons
(Adjective)
A feeling or spell of dismally low spirits
(Noun)
Synonyms:
- depression
- sadness
- blues
- dejection
- despondency
- despair
- doldrums
- dumps
- gloom
- unhappiness
- wistfulness
- despondence
- atrabilious
- blue
- cheerless
- dolefulness
- depressing
- downheartedness
- desolation
- despondent
- disconsolate
- dysphoria
- black-bile
- disconsolation
- dismal
- funk
- doleful
- downcast
- downhearted
- dreary
- glumness
- dull
- heavy-heartedness
- funereal
- gloomy
- mope
- glum
- hypochondria
- mournfulness
- low
- megrims
- melancholia
- melancholy
- moody
- pensive
- plaintive
- sad
- sepulchral
- somber
- sorrow
- sorrowful
- tristful
- unhappy
- woebegone
- woeful
Antonyms:
Depressing; said of information or events
(Adjective)
Feeling, showing, or expressing depression of the spirits; sad or dejected.
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
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