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English Dictionary: melancholy	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for melancholy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
melancholy adj characterized by or causing or expressing sadness; "growing more melancholy every hour"; "her melancholic smile"; "we acquainted him with the melancholy truth" Synonym(s): melancholy, melancholic grave or even gloomy in character; "solemn and mournful music"; "a suit of somber black"; "a somber mood" Synonym(s): somber, sombre, melancholy n a feeling of thoughtful sadness a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy Synonym(s): black bile, melancholy
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Melancholy \Mel"ancholy\, n. [OE. melancolie, F. m[82]lancolie, L. melancholia, fr. Gr. [?]; me`las, -anos, black + [?] gall, bile. See {Malice}, and 1st {Gall}.] 1. Depression of spirits; a gloomy state continuing a considerable time; deep dejection; gloominess. --Shak. 2. Great and continued depression of spirits, amounting to mental unsoundness; melancholia. 3. Pensive maditation; serious thoughtfulness. [Obs.] [bd]Hail, divinest Melancholy ![b8] --Milton. 4. Ill nature. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Melancholy \Mel"ancholy\, a. 1. Depressed in spirits; dejected; gloomy dismal. --Shak. 2. Producing great evil and grief; causing dejection; calamitous; afflictive; as, a melancholy event. 3. Somewhat deranged in mind; having the jugment impaired. [Obs.] --Bp. Reynolds. 4. Favorable to meditation; somber. A pretty, melancholy seat, well wooded and watered. --Evelin. Syn: Gloomy; sad; dispirited; low-spirited; downhearted; unhappy; hypochondriac; disconsolate; heavy, doleful; dismal; calamitous; afflictive.