Definition of melancholy

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

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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..
Plaintive :: Plaintive (n.) Expressive of sorrow or melancholy; mournful; sad.
Dumpish :: Dumpish (a.) Dull; stupid; sad; moping; melancholy.
Melancholy :: Melancholy (a.) Somewhat deranged in mind; having the jugment impaired.
Hyp :: Hyp (v. t.) To make melancholy.
Blue :: Blue (superl.) Low in spirits; melancholy; as, to feel blue..
Atrabiliar :: Atrabiliar (a.) Melancholy; atrabilious.
Moody :: Moody (superl.) Hence: Out of humor; peevish; angry; fretful; also, abstracted and pensive; sad; gloomy; melancholy..
Atrabilarian :: Atrabilarian (n.) A person much given to melancholy; a hypochondriac.
Lycanthropy :: Lycanthropy (n.) A kind of erratic melancholy, in which the patient imagines himself a wolf, and imitates the actions of that animal..
Melancholiness :: Melancholiness (n.) The state or quality of being melancholy.
Fell :: Fell (a.) Gall; anger; melancholy.
Sombre :: Sombre (a.) Melancholy; sad; grave; depressing; as, a somber person; somber reflections..
Melancholian :: Melancholian (n.) A person affected with melancholy; a melancholic.
Hypochondriasis :: Hypochondriasis (n.) A mental disorder in which melancholy and gloomy views torment the affected person, particularly concerning his own health..
Dusky :: Dusky (a.) Gloomy; sad; melancholy.
Sorry :: Sorry (a.) Melancholy; dismal; gloomy; mournful.
Hippish :: Hippish (a.) Somewhat hypochondriac; melancholy. See Hyppish.
Dump :: Dump (v. t.) A melancholy strain or tune in music; any tune.
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..
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