Synonyms for atrabilious
- adjective
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Melancholy
melancholy, depressed, low-spirited, gloomy, dejected, melancholic, sorrowful, downcast, bilious, saturnine, splenetic, irritable, dyspeptic, liverish, dull, depressing, moody, wretched, dismal, desolate, somber US, sombre UK, forlorn
Other
blue, sad, wistful, lachrymose, hypochondriacal, lamentable, down-hearted, hypped informal dated, tristful dated
Definitions
- adj. 1
Characterized by melancholy.
Example sentences
- depressed Tom said Mary has been feeling depressed recently.
- dejected He was left behind on Mars and is feeling dejected now.
- melancholic She creates verses each time she's melancholic.
- wistful Ah, this song makes me feel all wistful.
- lamentable And now let's discuss the lamentable state of affairs.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| atrabilious | falling | |
| depressed | steady | |
| dejected | rising | |
| melancholic | rising | |
| wistful | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- sad1
- 4 letters
- blue1, dull1
- 5 letters
- moody2
- 6 letters
- gloomy2, dismal2, somber2, sombre, hypped
- 7 letters
- forlorn2, wistful2, bilious3
- 8 letters
- wretched2, desolate3, dejected3, downcast2, liverish, tristful
- 9 letters
- depressed2, irritable4, sorrowful3, saturnine, dyspeptic3, splenetic
- 10 letters
- depressing3, melancholy4, lamentable4, lachrymose3
- 11 letters
- melancholic4
- 15 letters
- hypochondriacal
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (moody2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- atrabilaire
- Español
- atrabiliario
- Català
- atrabiliari