Melancholy

Language: English
Pronunciation: mel-an-choly
Part of Speech: noun

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Black bile, formerly thought to be one of the four "cardinal humours" of animal bodies.

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"a feeling of thoughtful sadness"
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"a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed"
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"a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy"
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"characterized by or causing or expressing sadness"
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"grave or even gloomy in character"
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