| 单词 | melancholia |
| 释义 | melancholia (once / 15471 pages) n Melancholia is a state of deep sadness. Your melancholia might make it hard to succeed in your career as a jolly birthday party clown. Melancholia is a name for a serious, diagnosable mental illness, but it can also mean more of a philosophical or aesthetic idea. You can call severe depression that requires a doctor's care melancholia. But you can also talk about the melancholia of your favorite piece of classical music or novel, if they're imbued with a somber moodiness or a deep sense of sorrow. The Greek root is melankolia, "sadness." WORD FAMILYmelancholia: melancholiac, melancholias+/melancholiac: melancholiacs/melancholic: melancholia, melancholics USAGE EXAMPLESThere’s a strain of melancholia in this searching. New York Times(Oct 27, 2016) Perhaps some in Washington have a case of pro sports melancholia. Washington Post(Oct 02, 2016) Acedia, the theological version of melancholia, was the medieval view that exhaustion was considered sinful. National Geographic(Aug 19, 2016) n extreme depression characterized by tearful sadness and irrational fears Hyper depression a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity |
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