melancholy
adjective/ˈmelənkəli/, /ˈmelənkɒli/
/ˈmelənkɑːli/
(literary)- very sad or making you feel very sad synonym mournful, sombre
- melancholy thoughts/memories
- The melancholy song died away.
Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsc2- I grew very melancholy and weary.
- He was a tall man with a long, melancholy face.
- She was in a melancholy mood.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryMelancholy is used with these nouns:- disposition
- expression
- melody
- …
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French melancolie, via late Latin from Greek melankholia, from melas, melan- ‘black’ + kholē ‘bile’, an excess of which was formerly believed to cause depression.
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