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Type Words
Synonyms melancholy
Derivation melancholia


her melancholic smile.
Type Words
Synonyms melancholiac
Type of depressive

Examples of melancholic

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That's Ewan Mcgregor singing Your Song in a melancholic manner with an umbrella.
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Lugubrious and wistful, Low's music may come across as too melancholic for some.
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That list and the melancholic way she delivers her lines, deserves to be a meme.
From the guardian.co.uk
The album effectively showcased Muse's aggressive yet melancholic musical style.
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His three melancholic portraits here are among the show's most compelling images.
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Juliana claimed the portrait was looking directly at her with melancholic eyes.
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A melancholic or philosophical ending is fine, but a happy ending is an anathema.
From the guardian.co.uk
Antony Micallef's melancholic, flower-strewn minotaurs also deserve a closer look.
From the telegraph.co.uk
His melancholic father plays a role, and she ends up in a bar, testing her powers.
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  • Melancholy: characterized by or causing or expressing sadness; "growing more melancholy every hour"; "her melancholic smile"; "we acquainted him with the melancholy truth"
  • Someone subject to melancholia
  • (melancholia) extreme depression characterized by tearful sadness and irrational fears
  • (melancholy) a feeling of thoughtful sadness
  • (melancholy) a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed
  • (melancholy) somber: grave or even gloomy in character; "solemn and mournful music"; "a suit of somber black"; "a somber mood"
  • The Four Temperaments is a ballet made by New York City Ballet co-founder and balletmaster George Balanchine to music he commissioned from Paul Hindemith (the latter's eponymous 1940 music for string orchestra and piano) for the opening program of Ballet Society, immediate forerunner of City ...
  • (Melancholia (film)) Melancholia is an upcoming disaster drama film written and directed by Lars von Trier. The film deals with a variety of people trying to cope with the death of the planet as a large foreign body threatens a deadly collision. ...
  • Melancholy may refer to: