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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..

Gloom :: Gloom (n.) Cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness.

Lycanthropy :: Lycanthropy (n.) A kind of erratic melancholy, in which the patient imagines himself a wolf, and imitates the actions of that animal..

Dejection :: Dejection (n.) Lowness of spirits occasioned by grief or misfortune; mental depression; melancholy.

Dumpish :: Dumpish (a.) Dull; stupid; sad; moping; melancholy.

Vapor :: Vapor (n.) An old name for hypochondria, or melancholy; the blues..

Melancholy :: Melancholy (n.) Depression of spirits; a gloomy state continuing a considerable time; deep dejection; gloominess.

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..

Dusky :: Dusky (a.) Gloomy; sad; melancholy.

Hippish :: Hippish (a.) Somewhat hypochondriac; melancholy. See Hyppish.

Melancholy :: Melancholy (n.) Ill nature.

Dump :: Dump (v. t.) A dull, gloomy state of the mind; sadness; melancholy; low spirits; despondency; ill humor; -- now used only in the plural..

Melancholic :: Melancholic (n.) A gloomy state of mind; melancholy.

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..

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

Melancholy :: Melancholy (a.) Favorable to meditation; somber.

Hypochondriasis :: Hypochondriasis (n.) A mental disorder in which melancholy and gloomy views torment the affected person, particularly concerning his own health..

Moody :: Moody (superl.) Hence: Out of humor; peevish; angry; fretful; also, abstracted and pensive; sad; gloomy; melancholy..

Blue :: Blue (superl.) Low in spirits; melancholy; as, to feel blue..

Spleenish :: Spleenful (a.) Displaying, or affected with, spleen; angry; fretful; melancholy..

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