melancholy
adjective
1. characterized by or causing or expressing sadness
- growing more melancholy every hour
- her melancholic smile
- we acquainted him with the melancholy truth
Similar word(s): sad, melancholic
2. grave or even gloomy in character
Similar word(s): cheerless, depressing, uncheerful, somber, sombre
Sentences with melancholy as an adjective:
- Melancholy people don't talk much.
noun
1. a feeling of thoughtful sadness
Definition categories: feeling, sadness, unhappiness
2. a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed
Definition categories: state, depression
3. a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy