Meaning Of The Word Melancholy

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melancholy
adjective: You describe something that you see or hear as melancholy when it gives you an intense feeling of sadness.

melancholy in American English
black bile: in medieval times considered to be one of the four humors of the body, to come from the spleen or kidneys, and to cause gloominess, irritability, or depression
sad and depressed; gloomy
adjective: affected with, characterized by, or showing melancholy; mournful; depressed
noun: a gloomy state of mind, esp. when habitual or prolonged; depression

melancholy in British English
noun: a constitutional tendency to gloominess or depression

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