melancholicadjective
uk/ˌmel.əŋˈkɒl.ɪk/us/ˌmel.əŋˈkɑː.lɪk/formalexpressing feelings of sadness:
a melancholic expression
melancholic songs
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Feeling sad and unhappy
- (down) in the dumps idiom
- a dog's life idiom
- a long face idiom
- abject
- be cut up idiom
- be down in the mouth idiom
- be in a funk idiom
- bruised
- distressed
- dog
- doleful
- dour
- grieving
- miserably
- mope
- mope around (somewhere)
- morose
- mournful
- not be a happy camper idiom
- wretched
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