Definition of melancholy

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Melancholy (n.) Great and continued depression of spirits, amounting to mental unsoundness; melancholia..

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Hypochondria :: Hypochondria (n.) Hypochondriasis; melancholy; the blues.
Melancholy :: Melancholy (n.) Pensive maditation; serious thoughtfulness.
Dull :: Dull (superl.) Furnishing little delight, spirit, or variety; uninteresting; tedious; cheerless; gloomy; melancholy; depressing; as, a dull story or sermon; a dull occupation or period; hence, cloudy; overcast; as, a dull day..
Sorry :: Sorry (a.) Melancholy; dismal; gloomy; mournful.
Fit :: Fit (n.) A mood of any kind which masters or possesses one for a time; a temporary, absorbing affection; a paroxysm; as, a fit melancholy, of passion, or of laughter..
Melancholian :: Melancholian (n.) A person affected with melancholy; a melancholic.
Lycanthropy :: Lycanthropy (n.) A kind of erratic melancholy, in which the patient imagines himself a wolf, and imitates the actions of that animal..
Mood :: Mood (n.) Temper of mind; temporary state of the mind in regard to passion or feeling; humor; as, a melancholy mood; a suppliant mood..
Tarantism :: Tarantism (n.) A nervous affection producing melancholy, stupor, and an uncontrollable desire to dance. It was supposed to be produced by the bite of the tarantula, and considered to be incapable of cure except by protracted dancing to appropriate music..
Melancholic :: Melancholic (a.) Given to melancholy; depressed; melancholy; dejected; unhappy.
Deep :: Deep (superl.) Profound; thorough; complete; unmixed; intense; heavy; heartfelt; as, deep distress; deep melancholy; deep horror..
Melancholiness :: Melancholiness (n.) The state or quality of being melancholy.
Atrabiliary :: Atrabiliary (a.) Melancholic or hypohondriac; atrabilious; -- from the supposed predominance of black bile, to the influence of which the ancients attributed hypochondria, melancholy, and mania..
Melancholy :: Melancholy (a.) Favorable to meditation; somber.
Spleget :: Spleeny (a.) Affected with nervous complaints; melancholy.
Hippish :: Hippish (a.) Somewhat hypochondriac; melancholy. See Hyppish.
Atrabilarious :: Atrabilarious (a.) Affected with melancholy; atrabilious.
Melancholy :: Melancholy (a.) Depressed in spirits; dejected; gloomy dismal.
Melancholy :: Melancholy (a.) Producing great evil and grief; causing dejection; calamitous; afflictive; as, a melancholy event..
Gloaming :: Gloaming (n.) Sullenness; melancholy.
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