Melancholly

Synonyms for "melancholly" (364 found)

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despair desperation despondency despondent discomposing disconsolate disconsolateness dismal dispirited dispiritedness disquieting disturbing doleful dolor dolorous dour downcast downhearted downheartedness dreary

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Noun(10 words)

despondency distress dolefulness downheartedness drearihead forlornness grief heartsore ill-being infelicity

Adjective(40 words)

despondent dire disconsolate disgruntled disheartened dismal dispirited doleful dolesome down down in the dumps down in the mouth downcast downhearted downsome drear drearisome dreary dreich dull

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elegiac elegious forbidding forlorn gayless gloomsome gloomy glum gray grief-stricken grieving grim heartsick heartsore heavy-hearted humorless inconsolable infelicitous jawfallen jokeless

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Adjective(52 words)

joyless lachrymose lack-laughter lamentful low low-spirited lugubrious lumpish maudlin melancholic mirthless miserable moody mopey morose mournful no joke passionate plaintive querulous

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lachrymose lamentable life-weariness life-weary low low-spirited lowering lugubrious lugubriousness malaise melancholia melancholiness miserable miserableness misery moanful moodiness moodish moodishness moody

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Noun(22 words)

malaise melancholia mirthless misery mishappiness mourn nonchalance prosternation regret remorse rue ruth sadness sorrow sorrowfulness tristesse tristfulness undelight unhappiness woe

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woefare wretchedness

Adjective(3 words)

melancholic somber sombre

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He was very thoughtful and his Melancholly was ſo great, that at laſt it craz’d him: […]

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