Melancholy (Noun)
Meaning 1
A feeling of thoughtful sadness.
Classification
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions.
Examples
- The artist's music often captured the melancholy that seemed to surround him wherever he went.
- The melancholy in her eyes hinted at a deeper sadness that she was reluctant to discuss.
- Walking through the old abandoned mansion filled him with a sense of melancholy for times long past.
- Her paintings were filled with scenes of loss and longing, exuding a deep sense of melancholy.
- On quiet rainy nights, the poet's thoughts would turn melancholy as she reflected on her failed relationships.
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
Meaning 2
A constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.
Meaning 3
A humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy.
Classification
Nouns denoting body parts.