melancholy synonyms

melancholy

modif.

  1. Sad; said of persons

    depressed, unhappy, dispirited; see sad 1.

  2. Depressing; said of information or events

    dreary, unfortunate, saddening; see sad 2. See syn. study at sad.

melancholy

n.

wistfulness, despair, unhappiness; see depression 2, grief 1, sadness.

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