All melancholy synonyms
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M m adj melancholy
- depressed β If you are depressed, you are sad and feel that you cannot enjoy anything, because your situation is so difficult and unpleasant.
- pensive β dreamily or wistfully thoughtful: a pensive mood.
- somber β gloomily dark; shadowy; dimly lighted: a somber passageway.
- gloomy β dark or dim; deeply shaded: gloomy skies.
- wistful β characterized by melancholy; longing; yearning.
- trite β lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale: the trite phrases in his letter.
- sorrowful β full of or feeling sorrow; grieved; sad.
- grim β stern and admitting of no appeasement or compromise: grim determination; grim necessity.
- blue β Something that is blue is the colour of the sky on a sunny day.
- downbeat β the downward stroke of a conductor's arm or baton indicating the first or accented beat of a measure.
- downcast β directed downward, as the eyes.
- down β from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
- low β to utter by or as by lowing.
- moody β given to gloomy, depressed, or sullen moods; ill-humored.
- dejected β If you are dejected, you feel miserable or unhappy, especially because you have just been disappointed by something.
- despondent β If you are despondent, you are very unhappy because you have been experiencing difficulties that you think you will not be able to overcome.
- destroyed β to reduce (an object) to useless fragments, a useless form, or remains, as by rending, burning, or dissolving; injure beyond repair or renewal; demolish; ruin; annihilate.
- disconsolate β without consolation or solace; hopelessly unhappy; inconsolable: Loss of her pet dog made her disconsolate.
noun melancholy
- depression β A depression is a time when there is very little economic activity, which causes a lot of unemployment and poverty.
- gloom β total or partial darkness; dimness.
- desperation β Desperation is the feeling that you have when you are in such a bad situation that you will try anything to change it.
- sorrow β distress caused by loss, affliction, disappointment, etc.; grief, sadness, or regret.
- despondency β Despondency is a strong feeling of unhappiness caused by difficulties which you feel you cannot overcome.
- grief β keen mental suffering or distress over affliction or loss; sharp sorrow; painful regret.
- despair β Despair is the feeling that everything is wrong and that nothing will improve.
- boredom β Boredom is the state of being bored.
- wistfulness β characterized by melancholy; longing; yearning.
- tedium β the quality or state of being wearisome; irksomeness; tediousness.
- dejection β Dejection is a feeling of sadness that you get, for example, when you have just been disappointed by something.
- downer β Informal. a depressant or sedative drug, especially a barbiturate. a depressing experience, person, or situation.
- dolor β sorrow; grief.
- dumps β an accumulation of discarded garbage, refuse, etc.
- letdown β a decrease in volume, force, energy, etc.: a letdown in sales; a general letdown of social barriers.
- bummer β If you say that something is a bummer, you mean that it is unpleasant or annoying.
- misery β wretchedness of condition or circumstances.
- woe β grievous distress, affliction, or trouble: His woe was almost beyond description.
- wretchedness β very unfortunate in condition or circumstances; miserable; pitiable.
- blues β a feeling of depression or deep unhappiness
- funk β Casimir [kaz-uh-meer] /ΛkΓ¦z ΙΛmΙͺΙr/ (Show IPA), 1884β1967, U.S. biochemist, born in Poland: discovered thiamine, the first vitamin isolated.
- unhappiness β sad; miserable; wretched: Why is she so unhappy?
- mopes β to be sunk in dejection or listless apathy; sulk; brood.
- blahs β nonsense; rubbish: What they say is blah.
- pensiveness β dreamily or wistfully thoughtful: a pensive mood.
- miserable β wretchedly unhappy, uneasy, or uncomfortable: miserable victims of war.
- gloominess β dark or dim; deeply shaded: gloomy skies.
- sadness β affected by unhappiness or grief; sorrowful or mournful: to feel sad because a close friend has moved away.
- downheartedness β The characteristic of being downhearted; sadness.
- ennui β A feeling of listlessness and dissatisfaction arising from a lack of occupation or excitement.
adjective melancholy
- sad β Systems Analysis Definition
- heavyhearted β Sad.