Melancholic

Synonyms for "melancholic" (146 found)

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Strong matches (43)

Related words (73)

Adjective(40 words)

lamentful low low-spirited lugubrious lumpish maudlin melancholy miserable moody mopey morose mournful passionate plaintive querulous sad saddened saturnine shattered solemn

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sombre sorrow-ridden sorrowful sorrowsome spiritless sullen threnetic threnetical triste tristful uncheerful uncheery unconsolable unhappy unlively wistful woe woebegone woeful wretched

life-weary melancholiac melancholy mesomorph mope morbid pensive phlegmatic saddening sanguine satiated schizoid schizothyme sick sick of sourpuss splenetic syntone tired tired of

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tired of living tired to death triste tristful wearied weariful weary weary unto death wistful world weary world-weary

Noun(1 words)

melancholiac

Adjective(1 words)

melancholy

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

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depressive

derived

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antimelancholic melancholically nonmelancholic unmelancholic

derived from

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melancholy

is a

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depressive

related to

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affect depression melancholy sadness

similar

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sad

Translations

91 translations across 44 languages.

Ancient Greek

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δύσθυμος adj (filled with or affected by melancholy)
σκυθρωπός adj (filled with or affected by melancholy)

Arabic

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سَوْدَاوِيّ adj (filled with or affected by melancholy)

Bulgarian

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меланхоличен adj (filled with or affected by melancholy)
меланхолик noun (a person who is habitually melancholy)

Catalan

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malenconiós adj (filled with or affected by melancholy)
melancòlic adj (filled with or affected by melancholy)

Chinese Mandarin

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多愁善感 adj (filled with or affected by melancholy)
憂鬱 /忧郁 adj (filled with or affected by melancholy)

Czech

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melancholický adj (filled with or affected by melancholy)
trudnomyslný adj (filled with or affected by melancholy)
těžkomyslný adj (filled with or affected by melancholy)
zádumčivý adj (filled with or affected by melancholy)

Danish

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melankolsk adj (filled with or affected by melancholy)

Dutch

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droevig adj (filled with or affected by melancholy)
melancholisch adj (filled with or affected by melancholy)

Esperanto

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melankolia adj (filled with or affected by melancholy)
melankoliulo noun (a person who is habitually melancholy)

Finnish

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alakuloinen adj (filled with or affected by melancholy)
apea adj (filled with or affected by melancholy)
haikea adj (filled with or affected by melancholy)
melankolinen adj (filled with or affected by melancholy)

French

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mélancolique adj (filled with or affected by melancholy)

Galician

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melancólico adj (filled with or affected by melancholy)

Georgian

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ნაღვლიანი adj (filled with or affected by melancholy)
სევდიანი adj (filled with or affected by melancholy)

German

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melancholisch adj (filled with or affected by melancholy)
schwermütig adj (filled with or affected by melancholy)
Melancholiker noun (a person who is habitually melancholy)
Melancholikerin noun (a person who is habitually melancholy)

Greek

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μελαγχολικός adj (filled with or affected by melancholy)

Hebrew

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דכדוך adj (filled with or affected by melancholy)
מלנכולי adj (filled with or affected by melancholy)

Hungarian

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búskomor adj (filled with or affected by melancholy)

Indonesian

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melankolis adj (filled with or affected by melancholy)

Ingrian

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alakuloin adj (filled with or affected by melancholy)

Interlingua

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melancholia adj (filled with or affected by melancholy)

Irish

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dúchroíoch adj (filled with or affected by melancholy)

Italian

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malinconico adj (filled with or affected by melancholy)
melancolico adj (filled with or affected by melancholy)

Japanese

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憂鬱な adj (filled with or affected by melancholy)
鬱病の adj (filled with or affected by melancholy)

Latin

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maestus adj (filled with or affected by melancholy)
melancholicus adj (filled with or affected by melancholy)

Luxembourgish

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melancholesch adj (filled with or affected by melancholy)

Māori

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kainatu adj (filled with or affected by melancholy)
matapōuri adj (filled with or affected by melancholy)
ruku popoi adj (filled with or affected by melancholy)
rāwakiwaki adj (filled with or affected by melancholy)

Norwegian Bokmål

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melankolsk adj (filled with or affected by melancholy)
sørgmodig adj (filled with or affected by melancholy)

Norwegian Nynorsk

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melankolsk adj (filled with or affected by melancholy)
sørgmodig adj (filled with or affected by melancholy)

Old English

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drēoriġ adj (filled with or affected by melancholy)

Polish

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melancholiczny adj (filled with or affected by melancholy)
melancholijny adj (filled with or affected by melancholy)
melancholiczka noun (a person who is habitually melancholy)
melancholik noun (a person who is habitually melancholy)

Portuguese

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melancólico adj (filled with or affected by melancholy)

Romanian

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melancolic adj (filled with or affected by melancholy)
melancolic noun (a person who is habitually melancholy)
melancolică noun (a person who is habitually melancholy)

Russian

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меланхоли́ческий adj (filled with or affected by melancholy)
меланхоли́чный adj (filled with or affected by melancholy)
меланхо́лик noun (a person who is habitually melancholy)

Sanskrit

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खिन्न adj (filled with or affected by melancholy)

Scots

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dowie adj (filled with or affected by melancholy)

Scottish Gaelic

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cianalas adj (filled with or affected by melancholy)
dubhachas adj (filled with or affected by melancholy)
dòlasachd adj (filled with or affected by melancholy)
mulad adj (filled with or affected by melancholy)

Serbo-Croatian

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melankòličan adj (filled with or affected by melancholy)
snuždenost adj (filled with or affected by melancholy)
utučenost adj (filled with or affected by melancholy)
снужденост adj (filled with or affected by melancholy)

Spanish

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melancólico adj (filled with or affected by melancholy)

Swedish

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melankolisk adj (filled with or affected by melancholy)
melankoliker noun (a person who is habitually melancholy)

Tagalog

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lukulok adj (filled with or affected by melancholy)

Tatar

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меланхолик adj (filled with or affected by melancholy)

Turkish

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hüzünlü adj (filled with or affected by melancholy)
kederli adj (filled with or affected by melancholy)
melankolik adj (filled with or affected by melancholy)

Ukrainian

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меланхо́лічний adj (filled with or affected by melancholy)
меланхо́лік noun (a person who is habitually melancholy)

Volapük

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glumaladäl adj (filled with or affected by melancholy)

Sample sentences

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Sometimes he's happy, sometimes melancholic.

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I'm melancholic.

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Tamara seemed like a soul in despair since she was always lonely, downcast, and melancholic.

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Today I'm feeling melancholic.

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