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Melancholy

//ˈmɛl.ənˌkɑ.li//

Synonyms for "melancholy" (216 found)

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Informal (20)

Adj, adv, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, adv, name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, name, noun, verb, slang(4 words)

black blue grim sick

Adj, intj, name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, slang(3 words)

wretched funky mumpish

Adj, noun, slang(3 words)

miserable gloomy tragic

Adj, verb, slang(2 words)

Adj, name, slang(1 words)

Name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Noun, slang(1 words)

Name, noun, slang(1 words)

General use (196)

Noun, verb(12 words)

study spleen grief gloom despair ennui reverie frowning dumps moping glowering scowling

Adj, name, noun, verb(2 words)

Adjective(49 words)

damp poignant hopeless thoughtful woeful lamentable sorrowful mournful woebegone morbid pensive joyless cheerless rueful morose crestfallen reflective funereal world-weary wistful

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Noun(67 words)

extremity concentration abstraction preoccupation bitterness absorption sadness dejection desolation infelicity boredom thoughtfulness agony unhappiness weariness tedium melancholia bleeding heart grimness satiety

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Name, noun(2 words)

depression prostration

Adj, noun(7 words)

dreary dismal bleak dour splenetic disconsolate melancholic

Adj, noun, verb(10 words)

lowering unhappy sullen downcast musing forlorn crushing disquieting glum saddening

Adj, verb(11 words)

desolate somber depressed jaded disturbing satiated dejected dispirited depressing irked discomposing

Adj, name, verb(1 words)

Adj, intj, noun, verb(1 words)

Adjective(3 words)

somber sombre melancholic

Name, noun, verb(4 words)

sorrow anguish bale mourning

Adj, intj, noun(1 words)

Adj, name(1 words)

Intj, noun, verb(1 words)

Adj, name, noun(1 words)

Adj, adv(1 words)

Verb(3 words)

perturbing wearied saddened

sick of tired of tired to death weary unto death good and tired beetle browed deep thought suicidal despair profound thought aching heart agony of mind depth of misery black-browed life-weary tired of living close study life-weariness gentle melancholy romantic melancholy

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