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[ mel-uhn-kol-ik ] / ˌmɛl ənˈkɒl ɪk / SEE SYNONYMS FOR melancholic ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivedisposed to or affected with melancholy; gloomy. of, relating to, or affected with melancholia. Origin of melancholic1350–1400; Middle English melancolik<Latin melancholicus<Greek melancholikós.See melancholy, -ic OTHER WORDS FROM melancholicmel·an·chol·i·cal·ly, adverbun·mel·an·chol·ic, adjectiveun·mel·an·chol·i·cal·ly, adverbWords nearby melancholicMelampus, melan-, melancholia, melancholia attonita, melancholiac, melancholic, melancholy, Melanchthon, melanedema, Melanesia, Melanesian Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for melancholicTaylor had recently broken off an engagement with the actress Neva Gerber, who complained of his melancholic moods. How to Get Away With a Hollywood Murder|Tim Teeman|October 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST For us, this is Louis C.K. and his crabby, melancholic, and profanely funny half-hour comedy. Why Is Louis C.K. So Funny? He Uses Humor as a Moral Compass.|Andrew Romano|May 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST This ungainly man soon percolated in my own melancholic imagination. Making Lincoln Sexy: Jerome Charyn’s Fictional President|Tom LeClair|March 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST Maintaining tight eye contact, the butlers pluck out audience members for a gripping, melancholic dance. A Mad Feast Is the Next 'Sleep No More'|Nina Strochlic|February 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
At first blush, it brings to mind the sultry, melancholic croon of Lana Del Rey. Meet Lorde, the 16-Year-Old Singer Poised to Take Over Pop Music|Marlow Stern|July 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST In many cases the refusal of food is associated with the patient's melancholic delusions. Essays In Pastoral Medicine|Austin Malley But this condition gave rise to increasing nervous irritation and melancholic depression. The Sexual Question|August Forel I mind how I combated his melancholy, for he was most melancholic. The Path of the King|John Buchan The gnomes are covetous, and of the melancholic temperament. Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry|William Butler Yeats This turned in his later years into a melancholic temperament. The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn, Volume 1|Elizabeth Bisland
British Dictionary definitions for melancholic
adjectiverelating to or suffering from melancholy or melancholia nouna person who suffers from melancholia Derived forms of melancholicmelancholically, adverbCollins 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 melancholicmelancholy, lugubrious, gloomy, wistful, blue, downcast, down, bad, low, weeping, at, moody, hurting, low-down, bleeding, crestfallen, crummy, dejected, desolate, despondent Medical definitions for melancholic
adj.Affected with or being subject to melancholy. Of or relating to melancholia. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |