MELANCHOLIA Synonyms
8 hypernyms for melancholia. (close relations)
Best Synonyms for MELANCHOLIA
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| gloom | noun n | |||||
noun • a state of partial or total darkness • a feeling of melancholy apprehension • an atmosphere of depression and melancholy | ||||||
| sadness | noun n | |||||
noun • emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being • the state of being sad • the quality of excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulness | ||||||
| bleakness | noun n | |||||
noun • a bleak and desolate atmosphere | ||||||
| blue | adjective adj | |||||
noun • blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime • blue clothing • any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue • the sky as viewed during daylight • used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge • the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic • any of numerous small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae adjective satellite • of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky • used to signify the Union forces in the American Civil War (who wore blue uniforms) • filled with melancholy and despondency • characterized by profanity or cursing • suggestive of sexual impropriety • belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy • morally rigorous and strict • causing dejection verb • turn blue | ||||||
| blues | noun n | |||||
noun • a type of folksong that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century; has a melancholy sound from repeated use of blue notes • a state of depression | ||||||
| dejection | noun n | |||||
noun • a state of melancholy depression • solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels | ||||||
| depression | noun n | |||||
noun • a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity • a period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment • a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment • a sunken or depressed geological formation • sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy • an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation • a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention • a concavity in a surface produced by pressing • angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object) • pushing down | ||||||
| desolation | noun n | |||||
noun • the state of being decayed or destroyed • a bleak and desolate atmosphere • sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned • an event that results in total destruction | ||||||
| despondency | noun n | |||||
noun • feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless | ||||||
| downheartedness | noun n | |||||
noun • a feeling of low spirits | ||||||
| forlornness | noun n | |||||
noun • sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned | ||||||
| heaviness | noun n | |||||
noun • the property of being comparatively great in weight • persisting sadness • an oppressive quality that is laborious and solemn and lacks grace or fluency • used of a line or mark • unwelcome burdensome difficulty | ||||||
| mourning | noun n | |||||
noun • state of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one • the passionate and demonstrative activity of expressing grief adjective satellite • sorrowful through loss or deprivation | ||||||
| sorrow | noun n | |||||
noun • an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement • sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment • something that causes great unhappiness • the state of being sad verb • feel grief | ||||||
| sorrowfulness | noun n | |||||
noun • the state of being sad • a state of gloomy sorrow | ||||||
| unhappiness | noun n | |||||
noun • emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being • state characterized by emotions ranging from mild discontentment to deep grief | ||||||
| melancholy | noun, adjective n, adj | |||||
noun • a feeling of thoughtful sadness • a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed • a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy adjective satellite • characterized by or causing or expressing sadness • grave or even gloomy in character | ||||||