Dictionary definition · melancholy
noun
- a feeling of thoughtful sadness
- a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed
- a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy
adjective
- characterized by or causing or expressing sadness"growing more melancholy every hour"
- grave or even gloomy in character"a suit of somber black"
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Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).