MELANCHOLIC Synonyms
There is 1 hypernym of the word melancholic. (close relations)
Best Alternatives
| Word | Save | More Find | Usage | Type | ||
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| blue | adjectiveadj | |||||
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 | ||||||
| dejected | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • affected or marked by low spirits | ||||||
| depressed | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
adjective satellite • lower than previously • flattened downward as if pressed from above or flattened along the dorsal and ventral surfaces • filled with melancholy and despondency | ||||||
| desolate | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • providing no shelter or sustenance • crushed by grief verb • leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch • reduce in population • cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly | ||||||
| dispirited | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • marked by low spirits; showing no enthusiasm • filled with melancholy and despondency | ||||||
| downcast | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||
noun • a ventilation shaft through which air enters a mine adjective satellite • directed downward • filled with melancholy and despondency | ||||||
| downhearted | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • filled with melancholy and despondency | ||||||
| forlorn | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • marked by or showing hopelessness | ||||||
| gloomy | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • depressingly dark • filled with melancholy and despondency • causing dejection | ||||||
| glum | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • moody and melancholic • showing a brooding ill humor | ||||||
| low-spirited | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • filled with melancholy and despondency | ||||||
| mournful | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • expressing sorrow • filled with or evoking sadness | ||||||
| sad | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness adjective satellite • of things that make you feel sad • bad; unfortunate | ||||||
| somber | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • lacking brightness or color; dull • grave or even gloomy in character | ||||||
| sorrowful | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss | ||||||
| unhappy | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent • generalized feeling of distress adjective satellite • causing discomfort • marked by or producing unhappiness | ||||||
| woeful | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • affected by or full of grief or woe • of very poor quality or condition | ||||||
| melancholiac | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
noun • someone subject to melancholia | ||||||
| melancholy | noun, adjectiven, 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 | ||||||
Best Hypernyms For MELANCHOLIC
Alternatives for BLUE
- azure
- cerulean
- cobalt
- indigo
- navy
- sapphire
- sky
- turquoise
- gloomy
- grim
- adult
- amytal
- aristocratic
- aristocratical
- blasphemous
- blue-blooded
- blueing
- blueish
- blueness
- bluing
- bluish
- dark
- depressed
- dingy
- disconsolate
- dismal
- dispirited
- down
- downcast
- downhearted
- drab
- drear
- dreary
- gamey
- gamy
- gentle
- juicy
- low
- low-spirited
- naughty
- patrician
- profane
- puritanic
- puritanical
- risque
- sorry
- spicy