Definition of melancholy in English:

melancholy

noun ˈmɛlənkəliˈmɛlənˌkɑli

mass noun

1A feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause.
an air of melancholy surrounded him
he had an ability to convey a sense of deep melancholy and yearning through much of his work
at the centre of his music lies a profound melancholy and nostalgia
Example sentencesExamples
- Both herbs seem to have beneficial effect on the emotions, heart and for sadness, melancholy and sadness.
- The second movement's deep melancholy is breathtakingly beautiful.
- The prominent string section combined with Laronge's stirring vocals contribute to the group's melancholy, sometimes chilling sound.
- His spacious tempo and the rich, focused tone of the violins found the deep Russian melancholy that permeates the Adagio cantabile.
- Serrand does a remarkable job of finding the humanity in these characters, even when emphasizing their desperation and melancholy.
- A morose mood of deep melancholy has descended upon me this afternoon.
- A lot of times his lyrics remind me of being a little kid and I really like the sadness and melancholy these songs evoke of that time.
- This is a comedy permeated throughout by the eerie melancholy of sunset.
- The sad melancholy drifted through the speakers, and the two of them sat in silence as the song floated through the room.
- No one who has heard Horowitz in Traumerei could fail to be touched by its heartbreaking sincerity and reflective melancholy.
- A slide guitar is used on some of the tracks, while the songs maintain a definite tone of melancholy and sadness.
- His music is said to have a deep, reflective melancholy.
- But the cloud of depression, of a deep sadness and melancholy, hung over our home.
- He would never see his homeland again and that sadness, coupled with the natural melancholy of his Russian soul, never quite left him.
- Music can impart in us a feeling of melancholy and sorrow, rapture and euphoria.
- It was about this time that Beethoven accepted that his deafness was permanent, causing despair beyond melancholy.
- I'm sitting here almost in tears, drowning in a sad mixture of melancholy, confusion, hopelessness, and self-pity.
- She sings about her roguish paramours with a strange mixture of melancholy, bitterness and nostalgia, leading one to question whether these kinds of men really exist today.
- Kathy, on the other hand, is in a haze of anxiety and melancholy so deep that she, a housekeeper, can't even bring herself to take care of the place while she lives in it.
- He had abandoned that deep melancholy and sadness, and he felt himself much lighter and unencumbered.
Synonyms
desolation, sadness, pensiveness, woe, sorrow, melancholia
unhappiness, dejection, depression, gloom, gloominess, misery, low spirits, moroseness, doldrums, defeatism, pessimism, dejectedness, dispiritedness, despondency
informal the dumps, the blues
1. 1.1
  another term for melancholia (as a mental condition)
  Example sentencesExamples
  The psychologists remind us that hopelessness is the seedbed of melancholy and destructiveness.
  A list of patients admitted during the hospital's first years shows that reasons for admission included hysterick disorders, bloody flux, tertian ague, and melancholy.
2. 1.2historical
  another term for black bile
  Example sentencesExamples
  Sanguine relates to air, choleric to fire, melancholy to earth and phlegmatic to water.
  So if you've got an excess of black bile, you're melancholy; if there's a lot of blood running through you, you're sanguine.
  And she's just encountered the old blood groupings, the four humours: sanguine, choler, phlegm, melancholy.
  By the sixteenth century hypochondria had become an aspect of melancholy and was associated especially with the humour of black bile and with the spleen, the organ that was supposed to clear black bile from the body.

adjective ˈmɛlənkəliˈmɛlənˌkɑli

1Having a feeling of melancholy; sad and pensive.
she felt a little melancholy
a dark, melancholy young man with deep-set eyes
Example sentencesExamples
- He is crude, frequently drunk, and often melancholy, and he feels resigned to the disappointing course his once-promising life has taken.
- His was a gloomy and melancholy disposition and he never found relief outside his work.
- A knock on his cabin door interrupted Captain Valentine's melancholy day spent in isolated depression.
- It's always melancholy saying goodbye, but I know he'll be back soon - in fact, only 2 weeks from tomorrow he'll be here again!
- His expression narrowed and didn't return to its normal melancholy state until she disappeared behind the doorway.
- When she sees or hears of injustice, the normally happy girl becomes so melancholy and dejected that it worries others.
- At any rate, I hope that all people, especially those who are in a melancholy frame of mind in this global village, will get a chance to dine on all kinds of delicacies of the season during this lonely autumn.
- A lot of times when we play in countries where English isn't the first language we get accused of being melancholy and miserable.
- Of course, the name game is just one aspect of the melancholy fact expressed by the cliche ‘fame is fleeting.’
- But in spite of his melancholy bearing and despondent expression, there were few who could say that they had ever seen a man of more distinguished presence.
- Their melancholy expressions are at odds with the theatrical gaiety of their attire.
- Now she couldn't look back and remember those times without forcing back tears, or battling a melancholy wave of sadness.
- Through blurred, melancholy eyes she looked at the ruins around her that had once been the palace in which she had served.
- But Angela suffers from an ambiguous, melancholy discontent.
- Even if blue was normally a melancholy color, Cassie felt happy.
- Instead of creating an ice-cold emptiness, as some bands would have done, Nada Surf has created a warm and sweetly melancholy expression of this feeling.
- It made the dusty, dismal main street of Bleak seem somewhat melancholy.
- The room was dimly lit, with only a reading lamp casting its melancholy glow over the elegantly decorated room.
- I really enjoyed it, but it put me in a melancholy mood for the rest of the evening: quite a challenging film (there was a lot of nervous laughter in the audience).
- Vaguely, I could feel a smile creeping back to my melancholy expression.
Synonyms
sad, sorrowful, desolate, melancholic, mournful, lugubrious, gloomy, pensive
despondent, dejected, depressed, depressing, down, downhearted, downcast, disconsolate, glum, sunk in gloom, miserable, wretched, dismal, dispirited, discouraged, low, in low spirits, in the doldrums, blue, morose, funereal, woeful, woebegone, doleful, wistful, unhappy, joyless, heavy-hearted, low-spirited, sombre, defeatist, pessimistic
informal down in the dumps, down in the mouth, morbid
1. 1.1 Causing or expressing sadness; depressing.
  the melancholy tone of her writing
  Example sentencesExamples
  Ferik lost her control and hung her head, murmuring in a dead melancholy tone,
  Once you've finished this wonderful book you're haunted by the melancholy tone of this solitary, meditative figure.
  The door opened and there he was, complete with a melancholy smile and apologetic eyes.
  The rest of the album then unfolds in suitably impressive fashion, taking in everything from innocent desires, to melancholy tales of loss and regret, without ever bringing the listener down with it.
  Sheard certainly has an odd, melancholy stage presence, especially when belting out some extraordinarily mournful show tunes.
  At such moments, he is on Greenhow Hill, reliving that painful time, and his narrative is marked by a melancholy tone that serves to underscore his present sadness.
  There's a melancholy tone to the proceedings, a funeral solemnity, in what is supposed to be a summer sci-fi action blockbuster.
  The instrument's melancholy tones complement the often sombre frontier folk songs.
  She hung up while Eden still held on, listening to the melancholy sound of the dial tone.
  His score is a joy to listen to despite its frequently melancholy tone.
  Sweetened by distance, the melancholy tones of a shepherd's bagpipe drifted on the breeze.
  Many of them explain in melancholy tones that they don't see how they can keep their farms and their lifestyle going much longer.
  The other instruments go along with the oboe's often melancholy sound.
  As she headed to Wyndemere, Nikolas' melancholy tone and his heartfelt words played inside her mind.
  Lead singer, Mathew Booi's melancholy tone is appropriate here, just as it is almost too much to take everywhere else.
  Burne-Jones evokes a melancholy mood that differs from the celebratory tone of the London copy by means of the nocturnal settings, the dark colouring and the crouching attitudes of the figures.
  The Slave Dancer is written through Jessie's eyes, and projects a depressing, melancholy mood.
  It gives the story a melancholy tone, as if it's always dusk or autumn.
  The book is a bit relentless in its melancholy tone, with few moments of joy or triumph for the characters.
  I feel that musically, melancholy tones are the most comforting.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French melancolie, via late Latin from Greek melankholia, from melas, melan- 'black' + kholē 'bile', an excess of which was formerly believed to cause depression.

According to the medieval theory of the four humours (see humour), melancholy or black bile caused depression. The word goes back to Greek melankholia, from melas ‘black’ (source of mid 19th-century melanin and melanoma) and kholē ‘bile’ (source of cholera (Late Middle English), choleric (Middle English), and cholesterol (late 19th century)). Today it tends to refer to a pensive or moody sadness rather than deep depression.

Definition of melancholy in US English:

melancholy

nounˈmɛlənˌkɑliˈmelənˌkälē

1A feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause.
an air of melancholy surrounded him
he had an ability to convey a sense of deep melancholy and yearning through much of his work
at the center of his music lies a profound melancholy and nostalgia
Example sentencesExamples
- The second movement's deep melancholy is breathtakingly beautiful.
- Serrand does a remarkable job of finding the humanity in these characters, even when emphasizing their desperation and melancholy.
- The sad melancholy drifted through the speakers, and the two of them sat in silence as the song floated through the room.
- He had abandoned that deep melancholy and sadness, and he felt himself much lighter and unencumbered.
- His music is said to have a deep, reflective melancholy.
- But the cloud of depression, of a deep sadness and melancholy, hung over our home.
- A slide guitar is used on some of the tracks, while the songs maintain a definite tone of melancholy and sadness.
- She sings about her roguish paramours with a strange mixture of melancholy, bitterness and nostalgia, leading one to question whether these kinds of men really exist today.
- Kathy, on the other hand, is in a haze of anxiety and melancholy so deep that she, a housekeeper, can't even bring herself to take care of the place while she lives in it.
- This is a comedy permeated throughout by the eerie melancholy of sunset.
- A lot of times his lyrics remind me of being a little kid and I really like the sadness and melancholy these songs evoke of that time.
- His spacious tempo and the rich, focused tone of the violins found the deep Russian melancholy that permeates the Adagio cantabile.
- No one who has heard Horowitz in Traumerei could fail to be touched by its heartbreaking sincerity and reflective melancholy.
- I'm sitting here almost in tears, drowning in a sad mixture of melancholy, confusion, hopelessness, and self-pity.
- The prominent string section combined with Laronge's stirring vocals contribute to the group's melancholy, sometimes chilling sound.
- Both herbs seem to have beneficial effect on the emotions, heart and for sadness, melancholy and sadness.
- Music can impart in us a feeling of melancholy and sorrow, rapture and euphoria.
- He would never see his homeland again and that sadness, coupled with the natural melancholy of his Russian soul, never quite left him.
- A morose mood of deep melancholy has descended upon me this afternoon.
- It was about this time that Beethoven accepted that his deafness was permanent, causing despair beyond melancholy.
Synonyms
desolation, sadness, pensiveness, woe, sorrow, melancholia
1. 1.1
  another term for melancholia (as a mental condition)
  Example sentencesExamples
  The psychologists remind us that hopelessness is the seedbed of melancholy and destructiveness.
  A list of patients admitted during the hospital's first years shows that reasons for admission included hysterick disorders, bloody flux, tertian ague, and melancholy.
2. 1.2historical
  another term for black bile
  Example sentencesExamples
  And she's just encountered the old blood groupings, the four humours: sanguine, choler, phlegm, melancholy.
  By the sixteenth century hypochondria had become an aspect of melancholy and was associated especially with the humour of black bile and with the spleen, the organ that was supposed to clear black bile from the body.
  Sanguine relates to air, choleric to fire, melancholy to earth and phlegmatic to water.
  So if you've got an excess of black bile, you're melancholy; if there's a lot of blood running through you, you're sanguine.

adjectiveˈmɛlənˌkɑliˈmelənˌkälē

1Having a feeling of melancholy; sad and pensive.
she felt a little melancholy
the dog has a melancholy expression
Example sentencesExamples
- Even if blue was normally a melancholy color, Cassie felt happy.
- But Angela suffers from an ambiguous, melancholy discontent.
- It's always melancholy saying goodbye, but I know he'll be back soon - in fact, only 2 weeks from tomorrow he'll be here again!
- Their melancholy expressions are at odds with the theatrical gaiety of their attire.
- But in spite of his melancholy bearing and despondent expression, there were few who could say that they had ever seen a man of more distinguished presence.
- Vaguely, I could feel a smile creeping back to my melancholy expression.
- It made the dusty, dismal main street of Bleak seem somewhat melancholy.
- At any rate, I hope that all people, especially those who are in a melancholy frame of mind in this global village, will get a chance to dine on all kinds of delicacies of the season during this lonely autumn.
- His was a gloomy and melancholy disposition and he never found relief outside his work.
- Instead of creating an ice-cold emptiness, as some bands would have done, Nada Surf has created a warm and sweetly melancholy expression of this feeling.
- Through blurred, melancholy eyes she looked at the ruins around her that had once been the palace in which she had served.
- The room was dimly lit, with only a reading lamp casting its melancholy glow over the elegantly decorated room.
- A knock on his cabin door interrupted Captain Valentine's melancholy day spent in isolated depression.
- He is crude, frequently drunk, and often melancholy, and he feels resigned to the disappointing course his once-promising life has taken.
- Of course, the name game is just one aspect of the melancholy fact expressed by the cliche ‘fame is fleeting.’
- Now she couldn't look back and remember those times without forcing back tears, or battling a melancholy wave of sadness.
- His expression narrowed and didn't return to its normal melancholy state until she disappeared behind the doorway.
- I really enjoyed it, but it put me in a melancholy mood for the rest of the evening: quite a challenging film (there was a lot of nervous laughter in the audience).
- When she sees or hears of injustice, the normally happy girl becomes so melancholy and dejected that it worries others.
- A lot of times when we play in countries where English isn't the first language we get accused of being melancholy and miserable.
Synonyms
sad, sorrowful, desolate, melancholic, mournful, lugubrious, gloomy, pensive
1. 1.1 Causing or expressing sadness; depressing.
  the study makes melancholy if instructive reading
  Example sentencesExamples
  The instrument's melancholy tones complement the often sombre frontier folk songs.
  The other instruments go along with the oboe's often melancholy sound.
  Many of them explain in melancholy tones that they don't see how they can keep their farms and their lifestyle going much longer.
  The rest of the album then unfolds in suitably impressive fashion, taking in everything from innocent desires, to melancholy tales of loss and regret, without ever bringing the listener down with it.
  She hung up while Eden still held on, listening to the melancholy sound of the dial tone.
  Ferik lost her control and hung her head, murmuring in a dead melancholy tone,
  The door opened and there he was, complete with a melancholy smile and apologetic eyes.
  As she headed to Wyndemere, Nikolas' melancholy tone and his heartfelt words played inside her mind.
  Sweetened by distance, the melancholy tones of a shepherd's bagpipe drifted on the breeze.
  Lead singer, Mathew Booi's melancholy tone is appropriate here, just as it is almost too much to take everywhere else.
  There's a melancholy tone to the proceedings, a funeral solemnity, in what is supposed to be a summer sci-fi action blockbuster.
  It gives the story a melancholy tone, as if it's always dusk or autumn.
  The book is a bit relentless in its melancholy tone, with few moments of joy or triumph for the characters.
  Once you've finished this wonderful book you're haunted by the melancholy tone of this solitary, meditative figure.
  Burne-Jones evokes a melancholy mood that differs from the celebratory tone of the London copy by means of the nocturnal settings, the dark colouring and the crouching attitudes of the figures.
  Sheard certainly has an odd, melancholy stage presence, especially when belting out some extraordinarily mournful show tunes.
  At such moments, he is on Greenhow Hill, reliving that painful time, and his narrative is marked by a melancholy tone that serves to underscore his present sadness.
  The Slave Dancer is written through Jessie's eyes, and projects a depressing, melancholy mood.
  His score is a joy to listen to despite its frequently melancholy tone.
  I feel that musically, melancholy tones are the most comforting.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French melancolie, via late Latin from Greek melankholia, from melas, melan- ‘black’ + kholē ‘bile’, an excess of which was formerly believed to cause depression.

单词	melancholy
释义	Definition of melancholy in English: melancholy noun ˈmɛlənkəliˈmɛlənˌkɑli mass noun 1A feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause. an air of melancholy surrounded him he had an ability to convey a sense of deep melancholy and yearning through much of his work at the centre of his music lies a profound melancholy and nostalgia Example sentencesExamples Both herbs seem to have beneficial effect on the emotions, heart and for sadness, melancholy and sadness. The second movement's deep melancholy is breathtakingly beautiful. The prominent string section combined with Laronge's stirring vocals contribute to the group's melancholy, sometimes chilling sound. His spacious tempo and the rich, focused tone of the violins found the deep Russian melancholy that permeates the Adagio cantabile. Serrand does a remarkable job of finding the humanity in these characters, even when emphasizing their desperation and melancholy. A morose mood of deep melancholy has descended upon me this afternoon. A lot of times his lyrics remind me of being a little kid and I really like the sadness and melancholy these songs evoke of that time. This is a comedy permeated throughout by the eerie melancholy of sunset. The sad melancholy drifted through the speakers, and the two of them sat in silence as the song floated through the room. No one who has heard Horowitz in Traumerei could fail to be touched by its heartbreaking sincerity and reflective melancholy. A slide guitar is used on some of the tracks, while the songs maintain a definite tone of melancholy and sadness. His music is said to have a deep, reflective melancholy. But the cloud of depression, of a deep sadness and melancholy, hung over our home. He would never see his homeland again and that sadness, coupled with the natural melancholy of his Russian soul, never quite left him. Music can impart in us a feeling of melancholy and sorrow, rapture and euphoria. It was about this time that Beethoven accepted that his deafness was permanent, causing despair beyond melancholy. I'm sitting here almost in tears, drowning in a sad mixture of melancholy, confusion, hopelessness, and self-pity. She sings about her roguish paramours with a strange mixture of melancholy, bitterness and nostalgia, leading one to question whether these kinds of men really exist today. Kathy, on the other hand, is in a haze of anxiety and melancholy so deep that she, a housekeeper, can't even bring herself to take care of the place while she lives in it. He had abandoned that deep melancholy and sadness, and he felt himself much lighter and unencumbered. Synonyms desolation, sadness, pensiveness, woe, sorrow, melancholia unhappiness, dejection, depression, gloom, gloominess, misery, low spirits, moroseness, doldrums, defeatism, pessimism, dejectedness, dispiritedness, despondency informal the dumps, the blues 1.1 another term for melancholia (as a mental condition) Example sentencesExamples The psychologists remind us that hopelessness is the seedbed of melancholy and destructiveness. A list of patients admitted during the hospital's first years shows that reasons for admission included hysterick disorders, bloody flux, tertian ague, and melancholy. 1.2historical another term for black bile Example sentencesExamples Sanguine relates to air, choleric to fire, melancholy to earth and phlegmatic to water. So if you've got an excess of black bile, you're melancholy; if there's a lot of blood running through you, you're sanguine. And she's just encountered the old blood groupings, the four humours: sanguine, choler, phlegm, melancholy. By the sixteenth century hypochondria had become an aspect of melancholy and was associated especially with the humour of black bile and with the spleen, the organ that was supposed to clear black bile from the body. adjective ˈmɛlənkəliˈmɛlənˌkɑli 1Having a feeling of melancholy; sad and pensive. she felt a little melancholy a dark, melancholy young man with deep-set eyes Example sentencesExamples He is crude, frequently drunk, and often melancholy, and he feels resigned to the disappointing course his once-promising life has taken. His was a gloomy and melancholy disposition and he never found relief outside his work. A knock on his cabin door interrupted Captain Valentine's melancholy day spent in isolated depression. It's always melancholy saying goodbye, but I know he'll be back soon - in fact, only 2 weeks from tomorrow he'll be here again! His expression narrowed and didn't return to its normal melancholy state until she disappeared behind the doorway. When she sees or hears of injustice, the normally happy girl becomes so melancholy and dejected that it worries others. At any rate, I hope that all people, especially those who are in a melancholy frame of mind in this global village, will get a chance to dine on all kinds of delicacies of the season during this lonely autumn. A lot of times when we play in countries where English isn't the first language we get accused of being melancholy and miserable. Of course, the name game is just one aspect of the melancholy fact expressed by the cliche ‘fame is fleeting.’ But in spite of his melancholy bearing and despondent expression, there were few who could say that they had ever seen a man of more distinguished presence. Their melancholy expressions are at odds with the theatrical gaiety of their attire. Now she couldn't look back and remember those times without forcing back tears, or battling a melancholy wave of sadness. Through blurred, melancholy eyes she looked at the ruins around her that had once been the palace in which she had served. But Angela suffers from an ambiguous, melancholy discontent. Even if blue was normally a melancholy color, Cassie felt happy. Instead of creating an ice-cold emptiness, as some bands would have done, Nada Surf has created a warm and sweetly melancholy expression of this feeling. It made the dusty, dismal main street of Bleak seem somewhat melancholy. The room was dimly lit, with only a reading lamp casting its melancholy glow over the elegantly decorated room. I really enjoyed it, but it put me in a melancholy mood for the rest of the evening: quite a challenging film (there was a lot of nervous laughter in the audience). Vaguely, I could feel a smile creeping back to my melancholy expression. Synonyms sad, sorrowful, desolate, melancholic, mournful, lugubrious, gloomy, pensive despondent, dejected, depressed, depressing, down, downhearted, downcast, disconsolate, glum, sunk in gloom, miserable, wretched, dismal, dispirited, discouraged, low, in low spirits, in the doldrums, blue, morose, funereal, woeful, woebegone, doleful, wistful, unhappy, joyless, heavy-hearted, low-spirited, sombre, defeatist, pessimistic informal down in the dumps, down in the mouth, morbid 1.1 Causing or expressing sadness; depressing. the melancholy tone of her writing Example sentencesExamples Ferik lost her control and hung her head, murmuring in a dead melancholy tone, Once you've finished this wonderful book you're haunted by the melancholy tone of this solitary, meditative figure. The door opened and there he was, complete with a melancholy smile and apologetic eyes. The rest of the album then unfolds in suitably impressive fashion, taking in everything from innocent desires, to melancholy tales of loss and regret, without ever bringing the listener down with it. Sheard certainly has an odd, melancholy stage presence, especially when belting out some extraordinarily mournful show tunes. At such moments, he is on Greenhow Hill, reliving that painful time, and his narrative is marked by a melancholy tone that serves to underscore his present sadness. There's a melancholy tone to the proceedings, a funeral solemnity, in what is supposed to be a summer sci-fi action blockbuster. The instrument's melancholy tones complement the often sombre frontier folk songs. She hung up while Eden still held on, listening to the melancholy sound of the dial tone. His score is a joy to listen to despite its frequently melancholy tone. Sweetened by distance, the melancholy tones of a shepherd's bagpipe drifted on the breeze. Many of them explain in melancholy tones that they don't see how they can keep their farms and their lifestyle going much longer. The other instruments go along with the oboe's often melancholy sound. As she headed to Wyndemere, Nikolas' melancholy tone and his heartfelt words played inside her mind. Lead singer, Mathew Booi's melancholy tone is appropriate here, just as it is almost too much to take everywhere else. Burne-Jones evokes a melancholy mood that differs from the celebratory tone of the London copy by means of the nocturnal settings, the dark colouring and the crouching attitudes of the figures. The Slave Dancer is written through Jessie's eyes, and projects a depressing, melancholy mood. It gives the story a melancholy tone, as if it's always dusk or autumn. The book is a bit relentless in its melancholy tone, with few moments of joy or triumph for the characters. I feel that musically, melancholy tones are the most comforting. Origin Middle English: from Old French melancolie, via late Latin from Greek melankholia, from melas, melan- 'black' + kholē 'bile', an excess of which was formerly believed to cause depression. According to the medieval theory of the four humours (see humour), melancholy or black bile caused depression. The word goes back to Greek melankholia, from melas ‘black’ (source of mid 19th-century melanin and melanoma) and kholē ‘bile’ (source of cholera (Late Middle English), choleric (Middle English), and cholesterol (late 19th century)). Today it tends to refer to a pensive or moody sadness rather than deep depression. Definition of melancholy in US English: melancholy nounˈmɛlənˌkɑliˈmelənˌkälē 1A feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause. an air of melancholy surrounded him he had an ability to convey a sense of deep melancholy and yearning through much of his work at the center of his music lies a profound melancholy and nostalgia Example sentencesExamples The second movement's deep melancholy is breathtakingly beautiful. Serrand does a remarkable job of finding the humanity in these characters, even when emphasizing their desperation and melancholy. The sad melancholy drifted through the speakers, and the two of them sat in silence as the song floated through the room. He had abandoned that deep melancholy and sadness, and he felt himself much lighter and unencumbered. His music is said to have a deep, reflective melancholy. But the cloud of depression, of a deep sadness and melancholy, hung over our home. A slide guitar is used on some of the tracks, while the songs maintain a definite tone of melancholy and sadness. She sings about her roguish paramours with a strange mixture of melancholy, bitterness and nostalgia, leading one to question whether these kinds of men really exist today. Kathy, on the other hand, is in a haze of anxiety and melancholy so deep that she, a housekeeper, can't even bring herself to take care of the place while she lives in it. This is a comedy permeated throughout by the eerie melancholy of sunset. A lot of times his lyrics remind me of being a little kid and I really like the sadness and melancholy these songs evoke of that time. His spacious tempo and the rich, focused tone of the violins found the deep Russian melancholy that permeates the Adagio cantabile. No one who has heard Horowitz in Traumerei could fail to be touched by its heartbreaking sincerity and reflective melancholy. I'm sitting here almost in tears, drowning in a sad mixture of melancholy, confusion, hopelessness, and self-pity. The prominent string section combined with Laronge's stirring vocals contribute to the group's melancholy, sometimes chilling sound. Both herbs seem to have beneficial effect on the emotions, heart and for sadness, melancholy and sadness. Music can impart in us a feeling of melancholy and sorrow, rapture and euphoria. He would never see his homeland again and that sadness, coupled with the natural melancholy of his Russian soul, never quite left him. A morose mood of deep melancholy has descended upon me this afternoon. It was about this time that Beethoven accepted that his deafness was permanent, causing despair beyond melancholy. Synonyms desolation, sadness, pensiveness, woe, sorrow, melancholia 1.1 another term for melancholia (as a mental condition) Example sentencesExamples The psychologists remind us that hopelessness is the seedbed of melancholy and destructiveness. A list of patients admitted during the hospital's first years shows that reasons for admission included hysterick disorders, bloody flux, tertian ague, and melancholy. 1.2historical another term for black bile Example sentencesExamples And she's just encountered the old blood groupings, the four humours: sanguine, choler, phlegm, melancholy. By the sixteenth century hypochondria had become an aspect of melancholy and was associated especially with the humour of black bile and with the spleen, the organ that was supposed to clear black bile from the body. Sanguine relates to air, choleric to fire, melancholy to earth and phlegmatic to water. So if you've got an excess of black bile, you're melancholy; if there's a lot of blood running through you, you're sanguine. adjectiveˈmɛlənˌkɑliˈmelənˌkälē 1Having a feeling of melancholy; sad and pensive. she felt a little melancholy the dog has a melancholy expression Example sentencesExamples Even if blue was normally a melancholy color, Cassie felt happy. But Angela suffers from an ambiguous, melancholy discontent. It's always melancholy saying goodbye, but I know he'll be back soon - in fact, only 2 weeks from tomorrow he'll be here again! Their melancholy expressions are at odds with the theatrical gaiety of their attire. But in spite of his melancholy bearing and despondent expression, there were few who could say that they had ever seen a man of more distinguished presence. Vaguely, I could feel a smile creeping back to my melancholy expression. It made the dusty, dismal main street of Bleak seem somewhat melancholy. At any rate, I hope that all people, especially those who are in a melancholy frame of mind in this global village, will get a chance to dine on all kinds of delicacies of the season during this lonely autumn. His was a gloomy and melancholy disposition and he never found relief outside his work. Instead of creating an ice-cold emptiness, as some bands would have done, Nada Surf has created a warm and sweetly melancholy expression of this feeling. Through blurred, melancholy eyes she looked at the ruins around her that had once been the palace in which she had served. The room was dimly lit, with only a reading lamp casting its melancholy glow over the elegantly decorated room. A knock on his cabin door interrupted Captain Valentine's melancholy day spent in isolated depression. He is crude, frequently drunk, and often melancholy, and he feels resigned to the disappointing course his once-promising life has taken. Of course, the name game is just one aspect of the melancholy fact expressed by the cliche ‘fame is fleeting.’ Now she couldn't look back and remember those times without forcing back tears, or battling a melancholy wave of sadness. His expression narrowed and didn't return to its normal melancholy state until she disappeared behind the doorway. I really enjoyed it, but it put me in a melancholy mood for the rest of the evening: quite a challenging film (there was a lot of nervous laughter in the audience). When she sees or hears of injustice, the normally happy girl becomes so melancholy and dejected that it worries others. A lot of times when we play in countries where English isn't the first language we get accused of being melancholy and miserable. Synonyms sad, sorrowful, desolate, melancholic, mournful, lugubrious, gloomy, pensive 1.1 Causing or expressing sadness; depressing. the study makes melancholy if instructive reading Example sentencesExamples The instrument's melancholy tones complement the often sombre frontier folk songs. The other instruments go along with the oboe's often melancholy sound. Many of them explain in melancholy tones that they don't see how they can keep their farms and their lifestyle going much longer. The rest of the album then unfolds in suitably impressive fashion, taking in everything from innocent desires, to melancholy tales of loss and regret, without ever bringing the listener down with it. She hung up while Eden still held on, listening to the melancholy sound of the dial tone. Ferik lost her control and hung her head, murmuring in a dead melancholy tone, The door opened and there he was, complete with a melancholy smile and apologetic eyes. As she headed to Wyndemere, Nikolas' melancholy tone and his heartfelt words played inside her mind. Sweetened by distance, the melancholy tones of a shepherd's bagpipe drifted on the breeze. Lead singer, Mathew Booi's melancholy tone is appropriate here, just as it is almost too much to take everywhere else. There's a melancholy tone to the proceedings, a funeral solemnity, in what is supposed to be a summer sci-fi action blockbuster. It gives the story a melancholy tone, as if it's always dusk or autumn. The book is a bit relentless in its melancholy tone, with few moments of joy or triumph for the characters. Once you've finished this wonderful book you're haunted by the melancholy tone of this solitary, meditative figure. Burne-Jones evokes a melancholy mood that differs from the celebratory tone of the London copy by means of the nocturnal settings, the dark colouring and the crouching attitudes of the figures. Sheard certainly has an odd, melancholy stage presence, especially when belting out some extraordinarily mournful show tunes. At such moments, he is on Greenhow Hill, reliving that painful time, and his narrative is marked by a melancholy tone that serves to underscore his present sadness. The Slave Dancer is written through Jessie's eyes, and projects a depressing, melancholy mood. His score is a joy to listen to despite its frequently melancholy tone. I feel that musically, melancholy tones are the most comforting. Origin Middle English: from Old French melancolie, via late Latin from Greek melankholia, from melas, melan- ‘black’ + kholē ‘bile’, an excess of which was formerly believed to cause depression.
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