Melancholy - Definition
melancholy
adj 1: characterized by or causing or expressing sadness;
"growing more melancholy every hour"; "her melancholic
smile"; "we acquainted him with the melancholy truth"
[syn: melancholy, melancholic]
2: grave or even gloomy in character; "solemn and mournful
music"; "a suit of somber black"; "a somber mood" [syn:
somber, sombre, melancholy]
n 1: a feeling of thoughtful sadness
2: a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed
3: a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys
or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy [syn: black
bile, melancholy]