Definition of Melancholy. Meaning of Melancholy. Synonyms of Melancholy

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Definition of Melancholy

Melancholy
Melancholy Mel"an*chol*y, a. 1. Depressed in spirits; dejected; gloomy dismal. --Shak. 2. Producing great evil and grief; causing dejection; calamitous; afflictive; as, a melancholy event. 3. Somewhat deranged in mind; having the jugment impaired. [Obs.] --Bp. Reynolds. 4. Favorable to meditation; somber. A pretty, melancholy seat, well wooded and watered. --Evelin. Syn: Gloomy; sad; dispirited; low-spirited; downhearted; unhappy; hypochondriac; disconsolate; heavy, doleful; dismal; calamitous; afflictive.

Meaning of Melancholy from wikipedia

- Look up melancholy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Melancholy may refer to: Melancholia, one of the four temperaments in pre-modern medicine and proto-psychology...
- Melancholy (Norwegian: Melankoli; also known as ****pe on the Beach, Jealousy or Evening) is a painting by the Norwegian artist Edvard Munch. Munch painted...
- "On Melancholy Hill" is the third single from British virtual band Gorillaz's third studio album, Plastic Beach. The single was released on 12 June 2010...
- The Anatomy of Melancholy (full title: The Anatomy of Melancholy, What it is: With all the Kinds, Causes, Symptomes, Prognostickes, and Several Cures...
- first published in 2003 by Kadokawa Shoten in ****an with the novel The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, and has since been followed by 11 additional novel...
- My Dear Melancholy (stylized as My Dear Melancholy,) is the debut extended play by Canadian singer-songwriter the W****nd. It was released on March 30,...
- Melancholy, original title Melancholia I, is a 1995 novel by the Norwegian writer Jon Fosse. It is about the Norwegian painter Lars Hertervig (1830–1902)...
- A Medicine for Melancholy (1959) is a collection of short stories by American writer Ray Bradbury. It was first published in the UK by Hart-Davis in 1959...
- Medicine for Melancholy is a 2008 romantic drama film written and directed by Barry Jenkins in his feature directorial debut. The film stars Wyatt Cenac...
- Children's literature portal The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories is a 1997 poetry book written and illustrated by film director Tim Burton...