Definition of melancholy

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Melancholy (a.) Favorable to meditation; somber.

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Melancholy :: Melancholy (n.) Great and continued depression of spirits, amounting to mental unsoundness; melancholia..
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..
Gloomy :: Gloomy (superl.) Affected with, or expressing, gloom; melancholy; dejected; as, a gloomy temper or countenance..
Melancholy :: Melancholy (n.) Ill nature.
Hypochondriasis :: Hypochondriasis (n.) A mental disorder in which melancholy and gloomy views torment the affected person, particularly concerning his own health..
Sorry :: Sorry (a.) Melancholy; dismal; gloomy; mournful.
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..
Dusky :: Dusky (a.) Gloomy; sad; melancholy.
Vapor :: Vapor (n.) An old name for hypochondria, or melancholy; the blues..
Dejection :: Dejection (n.) Lowness of spirits occasioned by grief or misfortune; mental depression; melancholy.
Hyp :: Hyp (v. t.) To make melancholy.
Fell :: Fell (a.) Gall; anger; melancholy.
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..
Blue :: Blue (pl.) Low spirits; a fit of despondency; melancholy.
Melancholy :: Melancholy (a.) Depressed in spirits; dejected; gloomy dismal.
Melancholist :: Melancholist (n.) One affected with melancholy or dejection.
Blue :: Blue (superl.) Low in spirits; melancholy; as, to feel blue..
Melancholize :: Melancholize (v. t.) To make melancholy.
Melancholily :: Melancholily (adv.) In a melancholy manner.
Atrabilarious :: Atrabilarious (a.) Affected with melancholy; atrabilious.
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