Words Like MELANCHOLY
    
   We have put together a list of words that are similar to MELANCHOLY.
    
    
    
        
            15 Alternative Words Similar to melancholy
   
            
               
            
            
        
       
    
    
        5 examples of melancholy
           
        
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        a melancholy event
    
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        a suit of somber black
    
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        a somber mood
    
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        her melancholic smile
    
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        we acquainted him with the melancholy truth
    
       
    
    
        10 definitions of melancholy
           
        
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        Depression of spirits; a gloomy state continuing a considerable time; deep dejection; gloominess.
    
    
    
 
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        Great and continued depression of spirits, amounting to mental unsoundness; melancholia.
    
    
    
 
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        Pensive maditation; serious thoughtfulness.
    
    
    
 
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        Depressed in spirits; dejected; gloomy dismal.
    
    
    
 
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        Producing great evil and grief; causing dejection; calamitous; afflictive.
    
    
    
 
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        Somewhat deranged in mind; having the jugment impaired.
    
    
    
 
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        Favorable to meditation; somber.
    
    
    
 
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        a feeling of thoughtful sadness
    
    
    
 
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        a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy