Definition of melancholy

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Melancholy (a.) Producing great evil and grief; causing dejection; calamitous; afflictive; as, a melancholy event..

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Temper :: Temper (n.) Constitution of body; temperament; in old writers, the mixture or relative proportion of the four humors, blood, choler, phlegm, and melancholy..
Melancholy :: Melancholy (a.) Somewhat deranged in mind; having the jugment impaired.
Gloom :: Gloom (n.) Cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness.
Atrabiliar :: Atrabiliar (a.) Melancholy; atrabilious.
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..
Sadden :: Sadden (v. t.) To make grave or serious; to make melancholy or sorrowful.
Sombre :: Sombre (a.) Melancholy; sad; grave; depressing; as, a somber person; somber reflections..
Melancholiness :: Melancholiness (n.) The state or quality of being melancholy.
Dejection :: Dejection (n.) Lowness of spirits occasioned by grief or misfortune; mental depression; melancholy.
Hippish :: Hippish (a.) Somewhat hypochondriac; melancholy. See Hyppish.
Melancholian :: Melancholian (n.) A person affected with melancholy; a melancholic.
Downcast :: Downcast (n.) Downcast or melancholy look.
Melancholic :: Melancholic (a.) Given to melancholy; depressed; melancholy; dejected; unhappy.
Melancholy :: Melancholy (a.) Favorable to meditation; somber.
Melancholy :: Melancholy (n.) Pensive maditation; serious thoughtfulness.
Spleenish :: Spleenful (a.) Displaying, or affected with, spleen; angry; fretful; melancholy..
Melancholize :: Melancholize (v. t.) To make melancholy.
Moody :: Moody (superl.) Hence: Out of humor; peevish; angry; fretful; also, abstracted and pensive; sad; gloomy; melancholy..
Dump :: Dump (v. t.) A melancholy strain or tune in music; any tune.
Gloomy :: Gloomy (superl.) Affected with, or expressing, gloom; melancholy; dejected; as, a gloomy temper or countenance..
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