melancholic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From Latin melancholicus, from Ancient Greek μελαγχολικός (melankholikós, “atrabilious, impulsive, of atrabilious or melancholic temperament”), from μελαγχολία (melankholía, “melancholy”). By surface analysis, melancholy + -ic.
Meanings
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Filled with or affected by melancholy—great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature.
Just as the melancholic eye / Sees fleets and armies in the sky.
1718, Mat[thew] Prior, “Alma: Or, The Progress of the Mind”, in Poems on Several Occasions, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], and John Barber […], →OCLC:But he was also a natural chronicler: one senses that, even as his schemes collapsed, this aesthetic Arab Quixote knew the stories would make great material for his witty, sharp, melancholic writings.
2011, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Jerusalem: The Biography – A History of the Middle East, page 268:
- (dated) Pertaining to black bile (melancholy).
- (qualifier:classical temperament) Pertaining to the melancholic temperament or its associated personality traits.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| melancholick | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| melancholicke | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| most melancholic | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more melancholic | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| melancholike | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic |
Deriveds
unmelancholic · antimelancholic · melancholically · nonmelancholic
Synonyms
sullen · querulous · dolesome · lugubrious · forlorn · wretched · disheartened · morose · dejected · glum · heavy-hearted · miserable · depressed · elegiac · elegious · lachrymose · jawfallen · saturnine · chopfallen · sorrow-ridden · miserable · passionate · cut up · melancholy · despondent · moody · crestfallen · downsome · gloomy · heartsore · downhearted · low-spirited · Plutonic · chapfallen · despondent · melancholic · bummed out · uncheerful · cheerless · blue · doleful · sorrowful · downcast · saddened · threnetic · woe · sad · dull · infelicitous · solemn · spiritless · woeful · lumpish · unconsolable · Plutonian · mopey · tristful · disgruntled · joyless · threnetical · down in the dumps · damp · sorrowsome · dismal · blitheless · atrabiliary · plaintive · dispirited · wistful · shattered · lamentful · triste · unhappy · woebegone · down · down in the mouth · mournful · inconsolable · unlively · uncheery · grieving · ruthful · sombre · low · heartsick · atrabilious · disconsolate · grief-stricken
Translations (80)
gl melancólico (filled with or affected by melancholy) · he דכדוך (filled with or affected by melancholy) · ru меланхоли́чный (filled with or affected by melancholy) · mi kainatu (filled with or affected by melancholy) · cs těžkomyslný (filled with or affected by melancholy) · id melankolis (filled with or affected by melancholy) · ka სევდიანი (filled with or affected by melancholy) · la maestus (filled with or affected by melancholy) · gd dòlasachd (filled with or affected by melancholy) · el μελαγχολικός (filled with or affected by melancholy) · gd èislean (filled with or affected by melancholy) · sh snuždenost (filled with or affected by melancholy) · gd dubhachas (filled with or affected by melancholy) · tt меланхолик (filled with or affected by melancholy) · pt melancólico (filled with or affected by melancholy) · grc σκυθρωπός (filled with or affected by melancholy) · it malinconico (filled with or affected by melancholy) · fr mélancolique (filled with or affected by melancholy) · ar سَوْدَاوِيّ (filled with or affected by melancholy) · he מלנכולי (filled with or affected by melancholy) · fi haikea (filled with or affected by melancholy) · nl droevig (filled with or affected by melancholy) · nb melankolsk (filled with or affected by melancholy) · lb melancholesch (filled with or affected by melancholy) · nl melancholisch (filled with or affected by melancholy) · gd tùirse (filled with or affected by melancholy) · gd mulad (filled with or affected by melancholy) · sh utučenost (filled with or affected by melancholy) · gd truime (filled with or affected by melancholy) · pl melancholijny (filled with or affected by melancholy) · nb sørgmodig (filled with or affected by melancholy) · izh alakuloin (filled with or affected by melancholy) · fi melankolinen (filled with or affected by melancholy) · cmn 憂鬱 /忧郁 (filled with or affected by melancholy) · tr kederli (filled with or affected by melancholy) · nn sørgmodig (filled with or affected by melancholy) · ja 憂鬱な (filled with or affected by melancholy) · tl lukulok (filled with or affected by melancholy) · mi ruku popoi (filled with or affected by melancholy) · ga dúchroíoch (filled with or affected by melancholy) · cs trudnomyslný (filled with or affected by melancholy) · eo melankolia (filled with or affected by melancholy) · nn melankolsk (filled with or affected by melancholy) · sh снужденост (filled with or affected by melancholy) · it melancolico (filled with or affected by melancholy) · fi alakuloinen (filled with or affected by melancholy) · uk меланхо́лічний (filled with or affected by melancholy) · ro melancolic (filled with or affected by melancholy) · sh утученост (filled with or affected by melancholy) · hu búskomor (filled with or affected by melancholy) · sa खिन्न (filled with or affected by melancholy) · gd cianalas (filled with or affected by melancholy) · ka ნაღვლიანი (filled with or affected by melancholy) · ang drēoriġ (filled with or affected by melancholy) · ru меланхоли́ческий (filled with or affected by melancholy) · ja 鬱病の (filled with or affected by melancholy) · ca melancòlic (filled with or affected by melancholy) · de schwermütig (filled with or affected by melancholy) · ca malenconiós (filled with or affected by melancholy) · ia melancholia (filled with or affected by melancholy) · sv melankolisk (filled with or affected by melancholy) · fi surumielinen (filled with or affected by melancholy) · bg меланхоличен (filled with or affected by melancholy) · tr hüzünlü (filled with or affected by melancholy) · pl melancholiczny (filled with or affected by melancholy) · de melancholisch (filled with or affected by melancholy) · fi apea (filled with or affected by melancholy) · da melankolsk (filled with or affected by melancholy) · vo glumaladäl (filled with or affected by melancholy) · cs melancholický (filled with or affected by melancholy) · cs zádumčivý (filled with or affected by melancholy) · grc δύσθυμος (filled with or affected by melancholy) · sh melankòličan (filled with or affected by melancholy) · sco dowie (filled with or affected by melancholy) · cmn 多愁善感 (filled with or affected by melancholy) · mi matapōuri (filled with or affected by melancholy) · la melancholicus (filled with or affected by melancholy) · mi rāwakiwaki (filled with or affected by melancholy) · tr melankolik (filled with or affected by melancholy) · es melancólico (filled with or affected by melancholy)