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Definisjon av melancholy

Vi fant 9 definisjoner av melancholy på engelsk.

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WordNet WordNet by Princeton University

Noun
melancholy - a feeling of thoughtful sadness
unhappiness, sadness state characterized by emotions ranging from mild discontentment to deep grief
gloom, gloominess, somberness, sombreness a feeling of melancholy apprehension
heavyheartedness a feeling of dispirited melancholy
brooding, pensiveness sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body
melancholy - a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed
melancholy - a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy
black bile

Adjective
melancholy - characterized by or causing or expressing sadness; "growing more melancholy every hour"; "her melancholic smile"; "we acquainted him with the melancholy truth"
melancholic
sad experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness; "feeling sad because his dog had died"; "Better by far that you should forget and smile / Than that you should remember and be sad"- Christina Rossetti
melancholy - grave or even gloomy in character; "solemn and mournful music"; "a suit of somber black"; "a somber mood"
somber, sombre
cheerless, depressing, uncheerful causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy; "the economic outlook is depressing"; "something cheerless about the room"; "a moody and uncheerful person"; "an uncheerful place"
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Substantiv
melancholy - black Black bile, formerly thought to be one of the four "cardinal humours" of animal bodies.
melancholy - Great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature.

Adjektiv
melancholy - Affected with great sadness or depression.

OmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • melancholy
    A longing for the past, often idealized.

Adjektiv - Gradbøying

  • Positiv: melancholy
  • Komparativ: more melancholy
  • Superlativ: most melancholy

Substantiv

  • Entall: melancholy
  • Flertall: melancholies

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