MELANCHOLY Synonyms
There are 11 hypernyms of the word melancholy. (close relations)
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| Word | Save | More Find | Usage | Type | ||
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| somber | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • lacking brightness or color; dull • grave or even gloomy in character | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| despondent | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • without or almost without hope | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| gloomy | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • depressingly dark • filled with melancholy and despondency • causing dejection | ||||||
| low-spirited | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • filled with melancholy and despondency | ||||||
| mournful | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • expressing sorrow • filled with or evoking sadness | ||||||
| pensive | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • deeply or seriously thoughtful • showing pensive sadness | ||||||
| sad | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness adjective satellite • of things that make you feel sad • bad; unfortunate | ||||||
| sorrowful | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss | ||||||
| sorrowing | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • sorrowful through loss or deprivation | ||||||
| woeful | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • affected by or full of grief or woe • of very poor quality or condition | ||||||
| melancholic | adjectiveadj | |||||
noun • someone subject to melancholia adjective satellite • characterized by or causing or expressing sadness | ||||||
| sombre | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • lacking brightness or color; dull • grave or even gloomy in character | ||||||
| black bile | nounn | |||||
noun • a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy | ||||||
