melancholia en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Late Latin melancholia, which was in turn borrowed from the Ancient Greek medical term μελαγχολία (melankholía, “blackness of the bile”) (from μέλας (mélas), μελαν- (melan-, “black, dark, murky”) + χολή (kholḗ, “bile”)), referring to the humour which ancient Hippocratic and later Galenic medicine associated with sadness and despondency. Doublet of melancholy.
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) Deep sadness or gloom; melancholy
- (countable, uncountable) depression, characterised by irrational fears, guilt and apathy
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| melancholias | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Relateds
Synonyms
sorrow · ruth · forlornness · regret · melancholy · mourn · drearihead · mirthless · heartsore · sadness · depression · infelicity · rue · sadness · melancholy · tristfulness · gloom · downheartedness · sorrowfulness · ill-being · grief · despondency · mishappiness · blueness · woe · blues · tristesse · dolefulness · undelight · misery · wretchedness · dejection · melancholia · distress · unhappiness · prosternation · woefare · crestfallenness
Translations (45)
fi surumielisyys (Translations) · pl melancholia (Translations) · cmn 悲哀 (Translations) · ja 憂鬱 (Translations) · fi melankolia (Translations) · nl melancholie (Translations) · nb melankoli (Translations) · de Wehmut (Translations) · sv melankoli (Translations) · da vemod (Translations) · ko 침울 (Translations) · fi apeus (Translations) · is þunglyndi (Translations) · cs melancholie (Translations) · nn tunglynde (Translations) · it malinconia (Translations) · el μελαγχολία (Translations) · sv tungsinne (Translations) · tr melankoli (Translations) · uk меланхолія (Translations) · nb svartsyn (Translations) · de Schwermut (Translations) · ru меланхо́лия (Translations) · bg меланхолия (Translations) · ja 鬱病 (Translations) · cmn 憂鬱 /忧郁 (Translations) · nl weemoed (Translations) · ko 우울 (Translations) · de Melancholie (Translations) · sv svårmod (Translations) · pt melancolia (Translations) · nb tungsinn (Translations) · tr hüzün (Translations) · vi trầm cảm (Translations) · id melankolia (Translations) · da melankoli (Translations) · es melancolía (Translations) · lt melancholija (Translations) · fr mélancolie (Translations) · la melancholia (Translations) · ro melancolie (Translations) · ro tristețe (Translations) · ar سَوْدَاوِيَّة (Translations) · nb vemod (Translations) · sv vemod (Translations)