melancholy+(noun)

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• melancholy — ► NOUN ▪ deep and long lasting sadness. ► ADJECTIVE ▪ sad or depressed. DERIVATIVES melancholic adjective. ORIGIN Greek melankholia, from melas black + khol bile , an excess of which was formerly believed to cause depression …   English terms dictionary

• melancholy thistle — noun perennial stoloniferous thistle of northern Europe with lanceolate basal leaves and usually solitary heads of reddish purple flowers • Syn: ↑Cirsium heterophylum, ↑Cirsium helenioides • Hypernyms: ↑thistle * * * noun : a perennial… …   Useful english dictionary

• melancholy — noun 1》 deep and long lasting sadness.     ↘another term for melancholia (as a mental condition). 2》 historical another term for black bile. adjective feeling, causing, or expressing sadness. Derivatives melancholic adjective melancholically… …   English new terms dictionary

• melancholy — 1 adjective sad or making you feel sad: a melancholy expression | the seagulls melancholy cry 2 noun (U) formal a feeling of sadness for no particular reason: They sank into a mood of deep melancholy. | the lingering melancholy of Gloomy Sunday …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• melancholy — /ˈmɛlənkɒli / (say meluhnkolee) noun (plural melancholies) 1. a gloomy state of mind, especially when habitual or prolonged; depression. 2. sober thoughtfulness; pensiveness. 3. Obsolete a. condition of having too much black bile. b. the bile… …  

• melancholy — I. noun (plural cholies) Etymology: Middle English malencolie, from Anglo French, from Late Latin melancholia, from Greek, from melan + cholē bile more at gall Date: 14th century 1. a. an abnormal state attributed to an excess of black bile and… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• melancholy — 1. adjective a melancholy expression Syn: sad, sorrowful, unhappy, desolate, mournful, lugubrious, gloomy, despondent, dejected, depressed, downhearted, downcast, disconsolate, glum, miserable, wretched, dismal, morose …   Thesaurus of popular words

• melancholy — 1. adjective a melancholy mood Syn: sad, sorrowful, unhappy, gloomy, despondent, glum, miserable, morose; informal down in the dumps, blue Ant: cheerful 2. noun a feeling of melancholy Syn: sadness …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• melancholy — [ˈmelənkəli] noun [U] literary 1) a feeling of being very sad and having no hope melancholy adj 2) a melancholy tone of voice[/ex] …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• melancholy — 1. adjective /ˈmelənkəli,ˈmɛl.ənˌkɑl.i/ Affected with great sadness or depression. 2. noun /ˈmelənkəli,ˈmɛl.ənˌkɑl.i/ a) Black bile, formerly thought to be one of the four cardinal humours of animal bodies. Melancholy, cold and dry, thick, black …   Wiktionary

• melancholy — mel|an|chol|y1 [ melən,kali ] noun uncount MAINLY LITERARY a feeling of sadness and of being without hope mel|an|chol|y2 [ melən,kali ] adjective MAINLY LITERARY feeling or looking sad, or making you feel sad: a bleak and melancholy landscape …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English