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Melancholic Common

Melancholic has 4 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

someone subject to melancholia

2

A person who is habitually melancholy.

Adjective
1

characterized by or causing or expressing sadness

"growing more melancholy every hour"

"her melancholic smile"

"we acquainted him with the melancholy truth"

2

Filled with or affected by melancholy—great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature.

Example Sentences
"growing more melancholy every hour" adjective
"her melancholic smile" adjective
"we acquainted him with the melancholy truth" adjective
See Also
melancholy melancholia blue depression affect sadness gloom typus melancholicus
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
depressive
Rhyming Words
ilic flic relic folic telic melic colic kilic holic malic hylic eolic dulic aulic xylic salic philic aholic italic exilic
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