Meaning

1 senses

  1. A person who is habitually melancholy.

    Melancholiker, Melancholikerin

    меланхо́ликmelanxólik

    меланхо́лікmelanxólik

More definitions
  • someone subject to melancholia

Examples

7 sentences

  1. She creates verses each time she's melancholic.

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  2. She was sitting on the quay and playing a melancholic tune on her harmonica.

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  3. Her tone is melancholic.

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  4. Sometimes he's happy, sometimes melancholic.

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  5. Tamara seemed like a soul in despair since she was always lonely, downcast, and melancholic.

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Translations

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Русский
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a person who is habitually melancholy:
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a person who is habitually melancholy:

Origin

From Latin melancholicus, from Ancient Greek μελαγχολικός (melankholikós, “atrabilious, im

From Latin melancholicus, from Ancient Greek μελαγχολικός (melankholikós, “atrabilious, impulsive, of atrabilious or melancholic temperament”), from μελαγχολία (melankholía, “melancholy”). By surface analysis, melancholy + -ic.

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Forms

plural: melancholics
Singularmelancholic
Pluralmelancholics

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
megalomaniacmegaphonemelmelancholyC2melanomameld

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