"melancholy" meaning in Englisch

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Noun

IPA: ˈmelənkəlɪ, ˈmelənkəlɪz Audio: En-us-melancholy.ogg Forms: the melancholy [singular], the melancholies [plural]
  1. Melancholie, Wehmut, Schwermut, Niedergeschlagenheit
    Sense id: de-melancholy-en-noun-Ja6c~~du
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sadness, pensiveness Derived forms: melancholia, melancholic Translations (Melancholie, Wehmut, Schwermut, Niedergeschlagenheit): Melancholie (Deutsch), Wehmut (Deutsch), Schwermut (Deutsch), Niedergeschlagenheit (Deutsch)

Inflected forms

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  "lang": "Englisch",
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        {
          "ref": "Alexandre Dumas: The Man in the Iron Mask. In: Project Gutenberg eBook. Kapitel II: How Mouston Had Become Fatter without Giving Porthos Notice Thereof, and of the Troubles Which Consequently Befell that Worthy Gentleman (URL) .",
          "text": "\"'Come, my friend,\" said D'Artagnan, \"this unnatural melancholy in you frightens me. My dear Porthos, pray get it out, then. And the sooner the better.'\"",
          "translation": "„Komm, mein Freund,“ sagte d'Artagnan, „diese unnatürlichen Melancholie in dir macht mir Angst. Mein lieber Porthos, bete also sie heraus zu bekommen. Und je früher, desto besser.“"
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    }
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          "text": "\"'Come, my friend,\" said D'Artagnan, \"this unnatural melancholy in you frightens me. My dear Porthos, pray get it out, then. And the sooner the better.'\"",
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