"melancholic" meaning in English

See melancholic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more melancholic [comparative], most melancholic [superlative]
Etymology: From Latin melancholicus, from Ancient Greek μελαγχολικός (melankholikós, “atrabilious, impulsive, of atrabilious or melancholic temperament”), from μελαγχολία (melankholía, “melancholy”). By surface analysis, melancholy + -ic. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|melancholicus}} Latin melancholicus, {{der|en|grc|μελαγχολικός||atrabilious, impulsive, of atrabilious or melancholic temperament}} Ancient Greek μελαγχολικός (melankholikós, “atrabilious, impulsive, of atrabilious or melancholic temperament”), {{surf|en|melancholy|-ic}} By surface analysis, melancholy + -ic Head templates: {{en-adj}} melancholic (comparative more melancholic, superlative most melancholic)
  1. Filled with or affected by melancholy—great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature. Categories (topical): Emotions Translations (filled with or affected by melancholy): δύσθυμος (dústhumos) (Ancient Greek), σκυθρωπός (skuthrōpós) (Ancient Greek), меланхоличен (melanholičen) (Bulgarian), melancòlic (Catalan), malenconiós (Catalan), 憂鬱 (Chinese Mandarin), 忧郁 (yōuyù) (Chinese Mandarin), melancholický (Czech), melankolsk (Danish), melancholisch (Dutch), droevig (Dutch), melankolia (Esperanto), apea (Finnish), melankolinen (Finnish), alakuloinen (Finnish), haikea (Finnish), surumielinen (Finnish), mélancolique (French), melancólico (Galician), ნაღვლიანი (naɣvliani) (Georgian), სევდიანი (sevdiani) (Georgian), melancholisch (German), schwermütig (German), μελαγχολικός (melancholikós) (Greek), מלנכולי (melanḥoli) (Hebrew), דכדוך (dikhdókh) (Hebrew), búskomor (Hungarian), melankolis (Indonesian), alakuloin (Ingrian), melancholia (Interlingua), dúchroíoch (Irish), malinconico (Italian), melancolico (Italian), 憂鬱な (yūutsu na) (alt: ゆううつな) (Japanese), 鬱病の (utsubyō no) (alt: うつびょうの) (Japanese), melancholicus (Latin), maestus (Latin), melancholesch (Luxembourgish), kainatu (Maori), matapōuri (Maori), ruku popoi (Maori), rāwakiwaki (Maori), sørgmodig (Norwegian Bokmål), melankolsk (Norwegian Bokmål), sørgmodig (Norwegian Nynorsk), melankolsk (Norwegian Nynorsk), drēoriġ (Old English), melancholiczny (Polish), melancholijny (Polish), melancólico (Portuguese), melancolic (Romanian), меланхоли́ческий (melanxolíčeskij) (Russian), меланхоли́чный (melanxolíčnyj) (Russian), खिन्न (khinna) (Sanskrit), dowie (Scots), mulad [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), èislean [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), dòlasachd [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), tùirse [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), dubhachas [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), cianalas [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), truime [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), снужденост [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), утученост [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), snuždenost [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), utučenost [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), melankòličan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), melancólico (Spanish), melankolisk (Swedish), lukulok (Tagalog), меланхолик (melanxolik) (Tatar), melankolik (Turkish), hüzünlü (Turkish), kederli (Turkish), меланхо́лічний (melanxóličnyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), glumaladäl (Volapük)
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  2. (dated) Pertaining to black bile (melancholy). Tags: dated Categories (topical): Emotions
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  3. (classical temperament) Pertaining to the melancholic temperament or its associated personality traits. Categories (topical): Emotions, Personality
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: melancholick, melancholicke, melancholike [obsolete]

Noun

Forms: melancholics [plural]
Etymology: From Latin melancholicus, from Ancient Greek μελαγχολικός (melankholikós, “atrabilious, impulsive, of atrabilious or melancholic temperament”), from μελαγχολία (melankholía, “melancholy”). By surface analysis, melancholy + -ic. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|melancholicus}} Latin melancholicus, {{der|en|grc|μελαγχολικός||atrabilious, impulsive, of atrabilious or melancholic temperament}} Ancient Greek μελαγχολικός (melankholikós, “atrabilious, impulsive, of atrabilious or melancholic temperament”), {{surf|en|melancholy|-ic}} By surface analysis, melancholy + -ic Head templates: {{en-noun}} melancholic (plural melancholics)
  1. A person who is habitually melancholy. Categories (topical): Emotions Translations (a person who is habitually melancholy): меланхолик (melanholik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), melankoliulo (Esperanto), melancholik [masculine] (Polish), melancholiczka [feminine] (Polish), меланхо́лик (melanxólik) [masculine] (Russian), melankoliker [common-gender] (Swedish), меланхо́лік (melanxólik) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: melancholick, melancholicke, melancholike [obsolete]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "憂鬱"
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      "sense": "filled with or affected by melancholy",
      "word": "apea"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "filled with or affected by melancholy",
      "word": "melankolinen"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "surumielinen"
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      "word": "mélancolique"
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      "sense": "filled with or affected by melancholy",
      "word": "melancólico"
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      "sense": "filled with or affected by melancholy",
      "word": "ნაღვლიანი"
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      "sense": "filled with or affected by melancholy",
      "word": "სევდიანი"
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "melancholisch"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
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      "word": "schwermütig"
    },
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      "sense": "filled with or affected by melancholy",
      "word": "μελαγχολικός"
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      "code": "grc",
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      "word": "δύσθυμος"
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      "roman": "melanḥoli",
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      "word": "מלנכולי"
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      "word": "búskomor"
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      "word": "melankolis"
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      "word": "alakuloin"
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      "sense": "filled with or affected by melancholy",
      "word": "dúchroíoch"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "filled with or affected by melancholy",
      "word": "malinconico"
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      "sense": "filled with or affected by melancholy",
      "word": "melancolico"
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      "sense": "filled with or affected by melancholy",
      "word": "鬱病の"
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      "sense": "filled with or affected by melancholy",
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      "sense": "filled with or affected by melancholy",
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      "sense": "filled with or affected by melancholy",
      "word": "sørgmodig"
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      "sense": "filled with or affected by melancholy",
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      "sense": "filled with or affected by melancholy",
      "word": "drēoriġ"
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      "sense": "filled with or affected by melancholy",
      "word": "melancholiczny"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "filled with or affected by melancholy",
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      "word": "melancólico"
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      "sense": "filled with or affected by melancholy",
      "word": "melancolic"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "melanxolíčeskij",
      "sense": "filled with or affected by melancholy",
      "word": "меланхоли́ческий"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "melanxolíčnyj",
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      "code": "sa",
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      "sense": "filled with or affected by melancholy",
      "word": "खिन्न"
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      "sense": "filled with or affected by melancholy",
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          "ref": "2008 March 16, Garrison Keillor, “Woe Be Gone”, in New York Times:",
          "text": "Kafka, Hart Crane, Jackson Pollock, Tennessee Williams, Mark Rothko, melancholics all, so why shouldn’t we accept our own bleakness and take long walks in the winter woods and look at the gnarled limbs of trees and struggle with the inscrutable and accept the beauty of permanent turmoil?",
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      "sense": "a person who is habitually melancholy",
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      "word": "melancholik"
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