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