Melancholy: alternatives and connections

Without joy, gladness, or comfort.

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Without joy, gladness, or comfort.

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of Depress

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of Depress

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Sated; satisfied; weary; tired.

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Sated; satisfied; weary; tired.

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of Brood

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Partial or total darkness; thick shade; obscurity; as, the gloom of a forest, or of midnight.

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State of being gloomy.

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The state of being pensive; serious thoughtfulness; seriousness.

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Alt. of Sombreness

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The quality or state of being somber; gloominess.

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The act of depressing.

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Moisture, especially, the moisture or fluid of animal bodies, as the chyle, lymph, etc.; as, the humors of the eye, etc.

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the quality of being funny; "I fail to see the humor in it"

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Heaviness; firmness.

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A kind of mental unsoundness characterized by extreme depression of spirits, ill-grounded fears, delusions, and brooding over one particular subject…

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A kind of mental unsoundness characterized by extreme depression of spirits, ill-grounded fears, delusions, and brooding over one particular subject…

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The quality or state of being somber; gloominess.

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The quality or state of being somber; gloominess.

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Given to melancholy; depressed; melancholy; dejected; unhappy.

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Alt. of Sombre

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Dull; dusky; somewhat dark; gloomy; as, a somber forest; a somber house.

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Sated; satisfied; weary; tired.

Melancholy suggests reflective, lingering sadness.

Sated; satisfied; weary; tired.

A thoughtful or lingering sadness.