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(Entry 1 of 2)
- the melancholy thought of having to say good-bye to all the friends he had made over the summer
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- they were a bit melancholy after their youngest child left for college
Synonyms for melancholy
- bad,
- blue,
- brokenhearted,
- cast down,
- crestfallen,
- dejected,
- depressed,
- despondent,
- disconsolate,
- doleful,
- down,
- down in the mouth,
- downcast,
- downhearted,
- droopy,
- forlorn,
- gloomy,
- glum,
- hangdog,
- heartbroken,
- heartsick,
- heartsore,
- heavyhearted,
- inconsolable,
- joyless,
- low,
- low-spirited,
- melancholic,
- miserable,
- mournful,
- sad,
- saddened,
- sorrowful,
- sorry,
- unhappy,
- woebegone,
- woeful,
- wretched
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- a melancholy period in the artist's life that is reflected in his work
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- philosophical
- (also philosophic)
- analytic
- (or analytical),
- logical,
- rational
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melancholy
nounSynonyms & Antonyms of melancholy (Entry 2 of 2)
- the bleakness of winter sometimes gives me cause for melancholy
Synonyms for melancholy
- blue devils,
- blues,
- dejection,
- depression,
- desolation,
- despond,
- despondence,
- despondency,
- disconsolateness,
- dispiritedness,
- doldrums,
- dolefulness,
- downheartedness,
- dreariness,
- dumps,
- forlornness,
- gloom,
- gloominess,
- glumness,
- heartsickness,
- joylessness,
- miserableness,
- mopes,
- mournfulness,
- oppression,
- sadness,
- sorrowfulness,
- unhappiness
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“Melancholy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/melancholy. Accessed 27 Oct. 2021.
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