MELANCHOLY Synonyms
There are 11 hypernyms of the word melancholy. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for MELANCHOLY
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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 |