Synonyms of melancholia

melancholia

noun

as in melancholy

Synonyms & Similar Words

• melancholy
• sadness
• self-pity
• unhappiness
• mournfulness
• gloominess
• dejection
• blues
• sorrow
• glumness
• gloom
• oppression
• joylessness
• dreariness
• mourning
• somberness
• depression
• anguish
• grief
• despondence
• despondency
• forlornness
• heartsickness
• miserableness
• sorrowfulness
• dumps
• mopes
• despond
• dolor
• distress
• desolation
• misery
• downheartedness
• doldrums
• blue devils
• agony
• wretchedness
• woe
• disconsolateness
• discouragement
• hopelessness
• pain
• dispiritedness
• disheartenment
• despair
• woefulness
• ennui
• moodiness
• dolefulness
• desperation
• boredom
• tedium
• self-despair

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• mirth
• gayety
• glee
• humor
• optimism
• gaiety
• merriment
• joviality
• jollity
• lightheartedness
• cheerfulness
• hopefulness
• gayness
• cheeriness
• satisfaction
• mirthfulness
• contentment
• gleefulness
• cheer
• content
• sunniness
• contentedness
• gratification
• delight
• ecstasy
• euphoria
• joy
• happiness
• intoxication
• exuberance
• elation
• rapture
• exultation
• bliss
• joyousness
• jubilation
• exhilaration
• joyfulness
• gladness
• felicity
• heaven
• blissfulness
• rapturousness
• elatedness
• gladsomeness

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