melancholy

• melancholy

melancholy

Noun

a feeling of thoughtful sadness

Synonyms:

• melancholy

Noun

a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed

Synonyms:

• melancholy

Noun

a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy

Synonyms:

• black bile
• melancholy

Adjective

characterized by or causing or expressing sadness; "growing more melancholy every hour"; "her melancholic smile"; "we acquainted him with the melancholy truth"

Synonyms:

• melancholy
• melancholic

Adjective

grave or even gloomy in character; "solemn and mournful music"; "a suit of somber black"; "a somber mood"

Synonyms:

• somber
• sombre
• melancholy