Melancholic
adjective
Feeling or showing sadness, typically with no obvious cause.
She was feeling melancholic after hearing the sad news.
adjective
Relating to black bile, supposed by the ancient Greeks to cause melancholia.
The melancholic mood can be traced back to the ancient theory of humors.
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Technical
adjective
Of or showing a disposition to self-absorption.
He carries a melancholic demeanor that often isolates him from others.
adjective
Relating to the pathological psychology condition of serious persistent sadness.
Melancholic depression is a severe form of depression that needs immediate medical attention.
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Medical
adjective
Feeling or showing sadness, typically with no obvious cause.
She was feeling melancholic after hearing the sad news.
adjective
Relating to black bile, supposed by the ancient Greeks to cause melancholia.
The melancholic mood can be traced back to the ancient theory of humors.
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Of or showing a disposition to self-absorption.
He carries a melancholic demeanor that often isolates him from others.
adjective
Relating to the pathological psychology condition of serious persistent sadness.
Melancholic depression is a severe form of depression that needs immediate medical attention.
Usage tips
Medical
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Pro Tip 1/2No Clear Reason
Use 'melancholic' when someone is sad without an obvious reason, not just for any sadness.
Even with all her achievements, she felt a melancholic sense during her quiet evenings.
Pro Tip 2/2Temporary Mood
'Melancholic' often suggests a temporary state of sadness, not a long-term condition.
The cloudy skies and drizzle left him in a melancholic mood, unlike his usual cheerfulness.
Pro Tip 1/2No Clear Reason
Use 'melancholic' when someone is sad without an obvious reason, not just for any sadness.
Even with all her achievements, she felt a melancholic sense during her quiet evenings.
Pro Tip 2/2Temporary Mood
'Melancholic' often suggests a temporary state of sadness, not a long-term condition.
The cloudy skies and drizzle left him in a melancholic mood, unlike his usual cheerfulness.
Pro Tip 1/2No Clear Reason
Use 'melancholic' when someone is sad without an obvious reason, not just for any sadness.
Even with all her achievements, she felt a melancholic sense during her quiet evenings.
Pro Tip 2/2Temporary Mood
'Melancholic' often suggests a temporary state of sadness, not a long-term condition.
The cloudy skies and drizzle left him in a melancholic mood, unlike his usual cheerfulness.
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Wade Davis: Into the...
melancholic backdrop to the first attempts to climb Mount Everest for the entire generator of men who had been through the nightmare of the war death held no mysteries they had seen so much of it that had nothing left to teach them and
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Radio Transmitting Frogs...
that always got yellow belly oh very yellow Oh big belly change smell like garlic nope I don't mention a female I really yeah so the male's melancholic yeah during the breeding season especially performing surgery on a frog
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to the prince’s own cackling meditation on mortality, Shakespeare uses melancholic monologues to breathtaking effect. This is perhaps best exemplified in Hamlet’s most famous declaration of
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Daria van den Bercken:...
Well this sounds very melancholic, doesn't it? And I turned the page and what came next was this.
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Wade Davis: Into the...
melancholic backdrop to the first attempts to climb Mount Everest for the entire generator of men who had been through the nightmare of the war death held no mysteries they had seen so much of it that had nothing left to teach them and
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Radio Transmitting Frogs...
that always got yellow belly oh very yellow Oh big belly change smell like garlic nope I don't mention a female I really yeah so the male's melancholic yeah during the breeding season especially performing surgery on a frog
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Why should you read...
to the prince’s own cackling meditation on mortality, Shakespeare uses melancholic monologues to breathtaking effect. This is perhaps best exemplified in Hamlet’s most famous declaration of
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Daria van den Bercken:...
Well this sounds very melancholic, doesn't it? And I turned the page and what came next was this.
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Quote examples
David Rakoff
Canadian Writer
I'm not sure. But that bless-his/her-heart kind of melancholic humor is among my favorite things in the world. I guess it exposes a kind of humanity - or that's the hope, at least - a kind of grudging respect for human frailty. Unless it's actually kicking human frailty while it's down - I'm not sure.
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Benjamin Clementine
English Artist
I personally wouldn't want my second album to sound like my first; it might sound very rocky or hard rock - and that wouldn't be melancholy. So if people think my music is melancholic, then so be it. It's meant to be uplifting, and I'm just basically saying what needs to be said.
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Saara Aalto
Finnish Model
I think it's mainly the language barrier and the cultural barrier, but of course also my songs, they have been very serious and melancholic, and so maybe people need to see more of my bubbly side and my personality.
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Moby
American Musician
In the course of my life, I've made some happy songs but it's the more sort of like pathos-laden, emotional, melancholic music that either I make or that other people make that really resonates with me.
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Monica Bellucci
Italian Actress
Usually, I'm only sad when something sad happens. I am not a melancholic person. I like to live very much in the present. If I was an animal, I'd be a little cat. They like to live life.
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Katie Melua
Georgian Musician
I love winter. It's a beautiful time, but also a melancholic time, a reflective time, and I'd come to a point in my life where I felt I had to make certain decisions about my career.
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Gregory Smith
Canadian Actor
The character I played on 'Everwood' was so serious and melancholic that after doing it for four years, it really started affecting my soul. I was becoming Ephram.
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Patricia Kaas
French Musician
I am not sad, but I am melancholic. When you lose your mother at 20 and then your father soon after, melancholia is part of your life.
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Anton Corbijn
Dutch Director
I have such a love of good music that I find even melancholic music uplifting. Maybe I'm a rare breed.
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Eileen Myles
American Poet
As a human being, I'm kind of a cheery melancholic. I have energy; I'm happy.
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David Rakoff
Canadian Writer
I'm not sure. But that bless-his/her-heart kind of melancholic humor is among my favorite things in the world. I guess it exposes a kind of humanity - or that's the hope, at least - a kind of grudging respect for human frailty. Unless it's actually kicking human frailty while it's down - I'm not sure.
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Benjamin Clementine
English Artist
I personally wouldn't want my second album to sound like my first; it might sound very rocky or hard rock - and that wouldn't be melancholy. So if people think my music is melancholic, then so be it. It's meant to be uplifting, and I'm just basically saying what needs to be said.
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Saara Aalto
Finnish Model
I think it's mainly the language barrier and the cultural barrier, but of course also my songs, they have been very serious and melancholic, and so maybe people need to see more of my bubbly side and my personality.
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Moby
American Musician
In the course of my life, I've made some happy songs but it's the more sort of like pathos-laden, emotional, melancholic music that either I make or that other people make that really resonates with me.
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Monica Bellucci
Italian Actress
Usually, I'm only sad when something sad happens. I am not a melancholic person. I like to live very much in the present. If I was an animal, I'd be a little cat. They like to live life.
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Katie Melua
Georgian Musician
I love winter. It's a beautiful time, but also a melancholic time, a reflective time, and I'd come to a point in my life where I felt I had to make certain decisions about my career.
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Gregory Smith
Canadian Actor
The character I played on 'Everwood' was so serious and melancholic that after doing it for four years, it really started affecting my soul. I was becoming Ephram.
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Patricia Kaas
French Musician
I am not sad, but I am melancholic. When you lose your mother at 20 and then your father soon after, melancholia is part of your life.
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Anton Corbijn
Dutch Director
I have such a love of good music that I find even melancholic music uplifting. Maybe I'm a rare breed.
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Eileen Myles
American Poet
As a human being, I'm kind of a cheery melancholic. I have energy; I'm happy.
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