Synonyms for melancholic
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Melancholy — filled with or affected by melancholy—great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or…
melancholy, sad, wistful, somber US, sombre UK, dour, despondent, joyless, dispirited, miserable, blue informal, saturnine, lachrymose, splenetic, atrabilious, moody, morose, mournful, lugubrious, sorrowful, gloomy, doleful, sullen
Definitions
- adj. 1
Filled with or affected by melancholy—great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature.
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Example sentences
- somber We heard somber hollow sounds from the cave.
- wistful Ah, this song makes me feel all wistful.
- despondent Millions of Russians feel cheated and despondent.
- dour Tom's dour silence said more than any words could.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| melancholic | rising | |
| somber | rising | |
| wistful | rising | |
| despondent | rising | |
| dour | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- sad1
- 4 letters
- blue1, dour2
- 5 letters
- moody2
- 6 letters
- gloomy2, somber2, sombre, sullen2, morose2
- 7 letters
- wistful2, joyless, doleful2
- 8 letters
- mournful2
- 9 letters
- miserable4, sorrowful3, saturnine, splenetic
- 10 letters
- melancholy4, despondent3, dispirited4, lugubrious4, lachrymose3
- 11 letters
- atrabilious
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (dour2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- mélancolique