melancholy

Definition for melancholy

adjective as in depressed, sad

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gloomy, grim, mournful, pensive, somber, sorrowful, trite, wistful

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blue, down, downbeat, downcast, low, moody

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dejected, despondent, destroyed, disconsolate, dismal, dispirited, doleful, dolorous, down and out, down in the dumps, down in the mouth, downhearted, dragged, droopy, funereal, glum, heavy-hearted, in blue funk, joyless, lachrymose, low-spirited, lugubrious, mirthless, miserable, moony, saddened, saddening, sorry, torn-up, unhappy, wet blanket, woebegone, woeful

noun as in depression, sadness

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boredom, despair, desperation, despondency, ennui, gloom, grief, sorrow, wistfulness

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blahs, blues, bummer, dejection, dolor, downer, dumps, funk, gloominess, letdown, miserableness, misery, mopes, mournfulness, pensiveness, tedium, unhappiness, woe, wretchedness

Weak matches

blue devils, blue funk, dismals, dolefuls, down trip, low spirits

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Yet he also somehow always remained very much himself and perhaps the greatest expression of the wounded, melancholy masculinity at the core of so much of Hackman’s work was in 1975’s “Night Moves.”

From Los Angeles Times

That melancholy provides critical nuance to our lives, keeping them from being pointless in the face of sure annihilation.

From Salon

To experience this film is to be overcome with melancholy.

From Los Angeles Times

And oh, yes, the eucalyptus — the Tasmanian blue gum variety, melancholy and romantic-looking, the Hamlet of trees.

From Los Angeles Times

So I wanted to address that melancholy that comedians have, because comedy is a form of coping.

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