The aphorism is, how to say it?, the champagne of melancholia; each short statement encapsulates years of disillusionment distilled in a moment of intoxication.
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Melancholia
Synonyms for "melancholia" (105 found)
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Closest matches (21)
abstractionabuliaaching heartagonyagony of mindalienationanguishanxietyanxiety equivalentanxiety stateapathybalebitternessbleeding heartbluesbrain diseasebroken heartcatatonic stuporcompulsion
Noun(2 words)
black bile excesschronic sadness
Strong matches (32)
crack upcrack-upcrushingcyclothymiadejectiondepressiondepth of miserydesolationdespairdetachmentelationemotional disorderemotional instabilityemotionalismeuphoriaextremityflatuous melancholiafolie du doutefunctional nervous disordergentle melancholy
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Noun(5 words)
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infelicityinsanityinsensibilityinvolutional psychosislethargymaladjustmentmaniamanic-depressive psychosismelancholia attonitamelancholia religiosamelancholinessmelancholymental disordermental distressmental illnessmiserynervous breakdownnervous disorderneurosisobsession
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paranoiapathological indecisivenesspensivenesspersonality disorderpreoccupationproblems in livingprostrationpsychalgiapsychomotor disturbancepsychosisreactionromantic melancholysadnessschizophreniasocial maladjustmentstuporstuporous melancholiasuicidal despairtictristfulnesstwitchingunresponsivenesswistfulnesswithdrawalwoewretchedness
Noun(6 words)
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6 entriesblack bile excesshumoral melancholialiterary sadnessmajor depressive episodemelancholic depressionpoetic melancholy
Collocations
6 entriesclinical melancholiadeep melancholiamelancholia episodemelancholia statemelancholia symptomspoetic melancholia
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2 entriesSample sentences
2 total sentences available.
Schumann was diagnosed with psychotic melancholia.
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