Synonyms for melancholic
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : mel-uh n-kol-ik |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌmɛl ənˈkɒl ɪk |
Top 10 synonyms for melancholic Other synonyms for the word melancholic
- bummed out
- cast-down
- crestfallen
- crummy
- dejected
- desolate
- despondent
- destroyed
- disconsolate
- dispirited
- down and out
- down in the dumps
- down in the mouth
- downhearted
- dragged
- dull
- dysphoric
- fed up
- glum
- grim
- heavy-hearted
- hurting
- in a blue funk
- in pain
- in the dumps
- in the pits
- in the toilet
- let down
- low
- low-down
- low-spirited
- moody
- morose
- on a downer
- pessimistic
- ripped
- sad
- sob story
- spiritless
- taken down
- torn up
- tristful
- unhappy
- weeping
- woebegone
Définition of melancholic
Origin :- late 14c., from melancholy + -ic, or else from Late Latin melancholicus, from Greek melankholikos "choleric," from melankholia "sadness" (see melancholy). As a noun, from 1580s. Earlier adjective formation was melancholian (mid-14c.), and melancholiac (mid-19c.) also was tried.
- adj depressed
- The captain was a clever, melancholic man, who had no unusual grip on his crew.
- Extract from : « Falk » by Joseph Conrad
- This is the melancholic temperament, which does not shrink from the most profound inquiry.
- Extract from : « Six Centuries of Painting » by Randall Davies
- My dear Madam, I am really getting too serious, philosophic, and melancholic.
- Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 » by Various
- She watched Paul growing irritable, priggish, and melancholic.
- Extract from : « Sons and Lovers » by David Herbert Lawrence
- But he fretted so, got so furious suddenly, and again was melancholic.
- Extract from : « Sons and Lovers » by David Herbert Lawrence
- If my temper be melancholic, melancholy has a happiness of its own.
- Extract from : « Kenelm Chillingly, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- He was one of the most complete specimens of the melancholic temperament.
- Extract from : « Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 6 of 8 » by Various
- The rest of it is arid, rugged, and of a melancholic aspect.
- Extract from : « The March of Portol » by Zoeth S. Eldredge and E. J. Molera
- This turned in his later years into a melancholic temperament.
- Extract from : « The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn, Volume 1 » by Elizabeth Bisland
- One person could be at once bilious, melancholic and lymphatic.
- Extract from : « The Influence of the Stars » by Rosa Baughan
Antonyms for melancholic
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