Melancholy [adjective]
Definition of Melancholy:
depressed, sad
Synonyms of Melancholy:
● Pensive
● Somber
● Gloomy
● Wistful
● Trite
● Mournful
● Grim
● Blue
● Downbeat
● Downcast
● Down
● Low
● Moody
● Dejected
● Dismal
● Doleful
● Dolorous
● Droopy
● Funereal
● Glum
● Joyless
● Sorry
● Unhappy
● Woeful
● Moony
● Dragged
● Saddened
● Torn up
Opposite/Antonyms of Melancholy:
Sentence/Example of Melancholy:
If he be proved culpable in this most melancholy business, and, alas!
She pitied herself,—that lowest ebb of melancholy self-consciousness.
"Trouble him not," murmured the melancholy man, with gentleness.
If the boys had not appeared we might now be weeping in a melancholy row.
And that was to Andrew the most melancholy sound in the world.
To these questions a mental echo answered with a melancholy negative.
"Yes," he said; and looked at Stineli with a most melancholy expression.
In such a diversity it was impossible I should be disposed to melancholy.
He was leaning towards Jane, regarding her with melancholy tenderness.
Vivian felt every moment his disgust and his melancholy increase.