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[ mel-uhn-koh-lee-uh, -kohl-yuh ] / ˌmɛl ənˈkoʊ li ə, -ˈkoʊl yə / SEE SYNONYMS FOR melancholia ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna mental condition characterized by great depression of spirits and gloomy forebodings. Psychiatry. endogenous depression. Origin of melancholiaFrom Late Latin, dating back to 1685–95; see origin at melancholy Words nearby melancholiamelamine, melamine resin, melammed, Melampus, melan-, melancholia, melancholia attonita, melancholiac, melancholic, melancholy, Melanchthon Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for melancholiaMelancholia also produced a scandal at Cannes, but for another reason altogether. Charlotte Gainsbourg’s Raw Performance in ‘Nymphomaniac’ Is Not About the Sex|Jimmy So|March 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST But she continues: “What is the relation between a sign and melancholia?” The Best Things to See at Frieze Art Fair NY 2013|Isabel Wilkinson|May 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST He also has a taste for dark fugues, nocturnes, and symphonies of melancholia. 3 Must Reads: ‘Kayak Morning,’ ‘Mr. g,’ and ‘Alex Gilvarry’|Hillary Kelly, Mythili Rao, Jacob Silverman|February 8, 2012|DAILY BEAST No one who sees Melancholia can deny that that role has arrived for Dunst. Kirsten Dunst on 'Melancholia' and Lars von Trier|Richard Rushfield|November 11, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Despite this backdrop, Kirsten Dunst radiates excitement when she comes to talk about Melancholia. Kirsten Dunst on 'Melancholia' and Lars von Trier|Richard Rushfield|November 11, 2011|DAILY BEAST Melancholia is more favorable than mania in pregnancy, but after labor mania gives the better prognosis. The Ethics of Medical Homicide and Mutilation|Austin O'Malley The forms of mental disturbance commonest in puerperal insanity are mania with or without delirium, melancholia, and dementia. The Ethics of Medical Homicide and Mutilation|Austin O'Malley He passed through one of those terrific crises of melancholia which at long intervals threatened his reason. The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 2|Rupert Hughes His melancholia started in about that time, and he began to suspect everybody, including me. The Autobiography of a Thief|Hutchins Hapgood Melancholia is a condition of abnormal sadness without disorder of intelligence or memory. Collected Papers on Analytical Psychology|C. G. Jung
British Dictionary definitions for melancholia
nouna former name for depression Derived forms of melancholiamelancholiac, adjective, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to melancholiadiscontent, pain, distress, agony, desolation, despondency, discomfort, grief, suffering, despair, torment, affliction, woe, anguish, sadness, depression, unhappiness, abjection, dreariness, downheartedness Medical definitions for melancholia
n.A mental disorder characterized by depression, apathy, and withdrawal. Other words from melancholiamel′an•cho′li•ac (-lē-ăk′) adj. n.The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |