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Definitions of melancholy
  1. adjective
    characterized by or causing or expressing sadness
    "growing more melancholy every hour" "we acquainted him with the melancholy truth"

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  2. adjective
    grave or even gloomy in character
  3. noun
    a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy

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  4. noun
    a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed
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  5. noun
    a feeling of thoughtful sadness
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Examples of melancholy
  • "growing more melancholy every hour"
  • "we acquainted him with the melancholy truth"
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