1. (

• melancholy

) a feeling of thoughtful sadness ;

2. (

• melancholy

) a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed ;

3. (

• black_bile ,
• melancholy

) a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy ;

1. (

• melancholy ,
• melancholic

) characterized by or causing or expressing sadness; "growing more melancholy every hour"; "her melancholic smile"; "we acquainted him with the melancholy truth" ;

2. (

• somber ,
• sombre ,
• melancholy

) grave or even gloomy in character; "solemn and mournful music"; "a suit of somber black"; "a somber mood" ;