Depression of spirits; a gloomy state continuing a considerable time; deep dejection; gloominess., Great and continued depression of spirits, amounting to mental unsoundness; melancholia., Pensive maditation; serious thoughtfulness., Ill nature., Depressed in spirits; dejected; gloomy dismal., Producing great evil and grief; causing dejection; calamitous; afflictive; as, a melancholy event., Somewhat deranged in mind; having the jugment impaired., Favorable to meditation; somber.
Unhappy, depressed, melancholy.
A melancholy strain means a sad song sung by someone.
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Fixed melancholy refers to a persistent and unchanging state of sadness, hopelessness, or gloominess. It describes a prolonged feeling of melancholy that does not vary or improve over time.
Melancholy refers to a feeling of deep sadness or sorrow. It can also describe a state of pensive thoughtfulness or introspection.
Melancholy is taken from the Greek word melancholia which meant sadness, although its original meaning was "black bile" (Greek melas, black and cholia, bile).The word is not formed from a stem modified with a prefix or suffix. It has no stem.
A good word meaning sad is melancholy.
plaintive meaning expressive of suffering or woe
The correct spelling is melancholy (a negative or depressed emotional state).
Melancholy means sad.
Melancholy
the original meaning is a frozen dog