melancholic

adj.

1. Affected with or subject to melancholy.
2. Of or relating to melancholia.

melancholic mel'an·chol'ic n.
melancholically mel'an·chol'i·cal·ly adv.

(mel-uhn-KOL-ik)

adjective
1. Gloomy; wistful.
2. Saddening.
3. Of or related to melancholia. [From Latin melancholia, from Greek melancholia (the condition of having an excess of black bile), from melan- (black) + chole (bile), ultimately from the Indo-European root ghel- (to shine) that is also the source of words such as yellow, gold, glimmer, gloaming, glimpse, glass, arsenic, and cholera

Four temperaments in smileys, depicted by the tilt of the eyes and the turn of the mouth:



Top row: Phlegmatic, choleric, Bottom row: sanguine, melancholic. [Graphic: Noe en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Noe ]

Usage
"Zach Galifianakis: The only kind of music I do know how to play is melancholic, sad stuff because nothing happy is coming out of my body musically." — Kate Ward; Zach Galifianakis; Entertainment Weekly (New York); Jun 4, 2009.

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adjective

In low spirits: blue, dejected, depressed, desolate, dispirited, down, downcast, downhearted, dull, dysphoric, gloomy, heavy-hearted, low, melancholy, sad, spiritless, tristful, unhappy, wistful. Idioms: downatinthe mouth. See happy/unhappy.

(mĕl'ən-kŏl'ĭk)
adj.

1. Affected with or being subject to melancholy.
2. Of or relating to melancholia.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: someone subject to melancholia
  Synonym: melancholiac

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The adjective melancholic has one meaning:

Meaning #1: characterized by or causing or expressing sadness
  Synonym: melancholy

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