melancholyadjective
uk/ˈmel.əŋ.kɒl.i/us/ˈmel.əŋ.kɑː.li/sad:
melancholy autumn days
a melancholy piece of music
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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
- miserably
- moody
- mope
- mope around (somewhere)
- morose
- mournful
- the doldrums
- wretched
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melancholynoun [ U ]
uk/ˈmel.əŋ.kɒl.i/us/ˈmel.əŋ.kɑː.li/formalsadness that lasts for a long period of time, often without any obvious reason
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Sadness and regret
- a heavy heart idiom
- be/weigh on your conscience idiom
- bitter
- bring a lump to/have a lump in your throat idiom
- broken-hearted
- gloom
- gloomy
- guilt
- guilt complex
- guilt trip
- guilt-ridden
- guilt trip
- lament
- mourn
- repent
- rue
- rue the day idiom
- rueful
- sackcloth
- sad
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