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Melancholic

Melancholic Meaning & Definition
Melancholic Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Melancholic?

[n] someone subject to melancholia
[adj] characterized by or causing or expressing sadness; "growing more melancholy every hour"; "her melancholic smile"; "we acquainted him with the melancholy truth"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Melancholic: melancholiac | melancholy | sad

Related Terms | Find terms related to Melancholic: ambivert | atrabiliar | atrabilious | blase | blue | brooder | choleric | cycloid | cyclothyme | cyclothymic | depressing | depressive | dispirited | ectomorph | endomorph | extrovert | fed-up | funky | gloomy Gus | good and tired | introvert | irked | jaded | joyless | life-weary | melancholiac | melancholy | mesomorph | mope | pensive | phlegmatic | sad | saddening | sanguine | satiated | schizoid | schizothyme | sick | sick of | sourpuss | splenetic | syntone | tired | tired of | tired of living | tired to death | triste | tristful | wearied | weariful | weary | weary unto death | wistful | world-weary

See Also | depressive

Melancholic In Webster's Dictionary

\Mel"an*chol`ic\, a. [L. melancholicus, Gr. ?: cf. F. m['e]lancholique.] Given to melancholy; depressed; melancholy; dejected; unhappy. Just as the melancholic eye Sees fleets and armies in the sky. --Prior.
\Mel"an*chol`ic\, n. [Obs.] 1. One affected with a gloomy state of mind. --J. Spenser. 2. A gloomy state of mind; melancholy. --Clarendon.

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