melancholy
Affected with great sadness or depressionAffected with great sadness or depression.
» In winter, I often suffer from melancholy.
Зимой я часто впадаю в меланхолию. — whatnot
Взимку я часто страждаю на меланхолію. — deniko
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2 senses(literary)Affected with great sadness or depression.
Melancholy people don't talk much.
Suggestive of wistfulness or subdued emotion.
- characterized by or causing or expressing sadness
- grave or even gloomy in character
Examples
46 sentencesIn winter, I often suffer from melancholy.
Взимку я часто страждаю на меланхолію. — deniko
ruЗимой я часто впадаю в меланхолию. — whatnot
Tom can't tell the difference between melancholy and depression.
Том не відрізняє меланхолію від депресії. — deniko
ruТом не знает разницу между грустью и депрессией. — odexed
Her words were filled with melancholy.
ruЕё слова были наполнены грустью. — odexed
deIhre Worte waren voller Melancholie. — Merle
Autumn is the most melancholy season.
ruОсень — самое меланхоличное время года. — Wezel
deDer Herbst ist die melancholischste Jahreszeit. — Esperantostern
Your face is marked with melancholy.
Origin
From Middle English malencolie, from Old French melancolie, from Ancient Greek μελαγχολίαFrom Middle English malencolie, from Old French melancolie, from Ancient Greek μελαγχολία (melankholía, “atrabiliousness”) (from μέλας (mélas), μελαν- (melan-, “black, dark, murky”) + χολή (kholḗ, “bile”)), referring to the humour which ancient Hippocratic and later Galenic medicine associated with sadness and despondency. Compare the Latin ātra bīlis (“black bile”). The adjectival use is a Middle English innovation, perhaps influenced by the suffixes -y, -ly. Doublet of melancholia.
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Forms
more melancholy, most melancholy| Comparative | more melancholy Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most melancholy Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
107 synonyms- characterized by or causing or expressing sadness:melancholic
- grave or even gloomy in character:sombersombre
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
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