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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| melancholic | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| sad | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| black bile | // | Name, Noun, Name |
| melancholia | /xxx | Noun |
| sorrowful | /xx | Adjective |
| wistful | /x | Adjective |
| morose | x/ | Adjective |
| lugubrious | x/xx | Adjective |
| gloomy | /x | Adjective |
| doleful | /x | Adjective |
| languor | // | Noun |
| elegiac | /xxx | Noun |
| sombre | /x | Adjective |
| depressive | x/x | Adjective |
| dreamy | /x | Adjective |
| dejection | x/x | Noun |
| sorrow | /x | Noun |
| maudlin | /x | Noun |
| ennui | x/x | Noun |
| loneliness | /xx | Noun |
| poignancy | /xx | Noun |
| despondency | x/xx | Noun |
| bittersweet | /xx | Noun |
| sardonic | x/x | Adjective |
| fatalism | /xxx | Noun |
| introspective | xx/x | Adjective |
| uneasiness | x/xx | Noun |
| pessimism | /xxx | Noun |
| bleakness | /x | Noun |
| gaiety | /xx | Noun |
| moody | /x | Name |
| poetical | x/xx | Name |
| despairing | x/x | Noun |
| longing | /x | Noun |
| desolation | xx/x | Noun |
| romanticism | x/xxx | Noun |
| solemn | /x | Adjective |
| foreboding | x/x | Noun |
| dreamlike | /x | Adjective |
| nostalgic | x/x | Adjective |
| sentimental | xx/x | Adjective |
| hopelessness | /xx | Noun |
| poetic | x/x | Adjective |
| phlegmatic | x/x | Adjective |
| hopefulness | /xx | Noun |
| autumnal | x/x | Noun |
| disquiet | x/x | Noun |
| tinge | / | Noun |
| brooding | /x | Noun |
| solemnity | x/xx | Noun |
| reverie | /xx | Noun |
| anguish | /x | Noun |
| pathos | /x | Noun |
| gloom | / | Noun |
| poignant | /x | Adjective |
| melodramatic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| tremulous | /xx | Adjective |
| downbeat | x/ | Noun |
| undercurrent | /xxx | Noun |
| cheerfulness | /xx | Noun |
| ambivalence | x/xx | Noun |
| haunting | /x | Noun |
| joyful | /x | Adjective |
| sanguine | /x | Adjective |
| yearning | /x | Noun |
| lour | / | Noun |
| bole | / | Noun |
| sepia | /xx | Noun |
| coal black | // | Name, Adjective, Name |
| liver | /x | Noun |
| perse | / | Noun |
| plum | / | Noun |
| merle | / | Name |
| maroon | x/ | Noun |
| sorel | /x | Name |
| madder | /x | Noun |
| metallic | x/x | Adjective |
| deep | / | Adjective |
| baby blue | /x/ | Phrase, Noun, Adjective |
| balm | / | Noun |
| medallion | x/x | Noun |
| lingering | /xx | Adjective |
| mahogany | x/xx | Noun |
| pills | / | Verb |
| multitude | /xx | Adjective |
| nursed | / | Adjective |
| ode | / | Verb, Noun |
| gnashing | /x | Noun |
| anatomy | x/xx | Noun |
| undertone | /xx | Noun |
| ensue | x/ | Noun |
| saturn | /x | Name |
| fits | / | Noun |
| inconsolable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| blackest | /x | Adjective |
| lonely | /x | Adjective |
| languorous | /xx | Adjective |
| absence | /x | Noun |
| acute | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| awful | /x | Adjective, Adverb |
| blue | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| depressed | x/ | Adjective |
| dismal | /x | Adjective |
| dispiriting | x/xx | Adjective |
| lamentable | x/xx | Adjective |
| lassitude | /xx | Noun |
| pathetic | x/x | Adjective |
| pity | /x | Noun, Verb |
| regret | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| remorse | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| thoughtfulness | /xx | Noun |
| weariness | /xx | Noun |
| woe | / | Noun, Adjective |
| woeful | /x | Adjective |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| gloss | / | Noun, Verb |
