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melancholy
adjective(mel-an-chol-y)
characterized by or causing or expressing sadness
Synonyms: melancholic,
Examples:
Growing more melancholy every hour.
We acquainted him with the melancholy truth.
melancholy
adjective(mel-an-chol-y)
grave or even gloomy in character
Synonyms: somber, sombre,
melancholy
noun(mel-an-chol-y)
a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy
Synonyms: black bile,
melancholy
noun(mel-an-chol-y)
a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed
melancholy
noun(mel-an-chol-y)
a feeling of thoughtful sadness

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