dictionary help| melancholy | medical dictionary |
1. Depressed in spirits; dejected; gloomy dismal.
2. Producing great evil and grief; causing dejection; calamitous; afflictive; as, a melancholy event.
3. Somewhat deranged in mind; having the jugment impaired.
4. Favorable to meditation; somber. "A pretty, melancholy seat, well wooded and watered." (Evelin)
Synonyms: Gloomy, sad, dispirited, low-spirited, downhearted, unhappy, hypochondriac, disconsolate, heavy, doleful, dismal, calamitous, afflictive.
(01 Mar 1998)
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