Synonyms of melancholic

melancholic

adjective

ˌme-lən-ˈkä-lik 

as in sad

feeling unhappiness

she becomes quite melancholic when she reflects on all the lost opportunities of her life

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sad
• depressed
• unhappy
• melancholy
• heartbroken
• miserable
• mournful
• bad
• sorrowful
• sorry
• upset
• worried
• gloomy
• uneasy
• doleful
• hopeless
• downcast
• forlorn
• disconsolate
• troubled
• dejected
• disappointed
• despondent
• glum
• joyless
• woebegone
• blue
• inconsolable
• depressing
• suicidal
• heartsick
• hangdog
• crestfallen
• droopy
• brokenhearted
• woeful
• distressed
• saddened
• wretched
• heavyhearted
• downhearted
• down
• low-spirited
• heartsore
• low
• despairing
• discouraged
• down in the mouth
• tearful
• somber
• cast down
• grieving
• aggrieved
• unquiet
• plaintive
• bleak
• lugubrious
• sunk
• morbid
• weeping
• dispirited
• morose
• elegiac
• dolorous
• lachrymose
• anguished
• regretful
• desolate
• disheartened
• rueful
• sullen
• dark
• cheerless
• funereal
• wailing
• saturnine
• gray
• agonized
• dreary
• dismal
• black
• drear
• darkening
• comfortless
• murky

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• joyous
• joyful
• cheerful
• upbeat
• buoyant
• blissful
• jubilant
• happy
• cheery
• exuberant
• sunny
• euphoric
• gleeful
• jovial
• rapturous
• ecstatic
• glad
• rhapsodic
• merry
• buoyed
• exultant
• jolly
• chipper
• optimistic
• mirthful
• delighted
• jocular
• enraptured
• blithe
• hopeful
• jocose
• excited
• sanguine
• rosy
• energetic
• spirited
• gladsome
• lively
• elated
• vivacious
• jocund
• jaunty
• exhilarated
• blithesome
• sprightly
• animated
• gladdened
• lightsome
• smiling
• overjoyed
• entranced
• vital
• perky
• peppy
• content
• frisky
• springy
• carefree
• satisfied
• laughing
• lighthearted
• bouncing
• encouraged
• careless
• easygoing
• zippy
• pleased
• unconcerned
• thrilled
• grinning
• gratified
• insouciant
• cavalier
• heartened
• boon
• happy-go-lucky
• sprightful
• beaming
• devil-may-care

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of melancholic

Though the latter has one of the best bridges of the year, its undeniably melancholic and macabre nature is what put it out of contention. — Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026

There are melancholic elements, including human characters that can seem lost in their thoughts — impassive and detached from the world. — Miles Socha, Footwear News, 11 Sep. 2026

This is probably a race between Hacks and Widow’s Bay, but spare some support for Shrinking, TV’s best melancholic comedy. — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2026

Kamali, who was born and raised in Germany, studied for her masters in London, and now resides in Paris as the creative director of Chloé, has the soft, melancholic presence of a Pre-Raphaelite muse. — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 31 Aug. 2026