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melancholy
UK
/ˈmɛl.ən.kɒ.li/
US
/ˈmɛl.ən.kɑː.li/
Translations
melancholies
pl
UK
/ˈmel.ənˌkɒl.i/
US
/ˈmɛl.ənˌkɑː.li/
A sense of melancholy settled over them after the news.
Un sentiment de mélancolie s’est installé chez eux après la nouvelle.
Additional translations
more melancholy
Comp.
most melancholy
Super.
UK
/ˈmɛl.ən.kɒ.li/
US
/ˈmɛl.ən.kɑː.li/
She had a melancholy expression on her face as she gazed out the window.
Elle avait une expression mélancolique sur le visage en regardant par la fenêtre.
A melancholy melody drifted through the empty hall.
Une mélodie mélancolique flottait dans le hall vide.
Additional translations
Definitions
A sense of melancholy settled over them after the news.
He spoke in a quiet melancholy, recalling the past.
Physicians of the Renaissance attributed his sorrow to an imbalance of melancholy in his body.
She had a melancholy expression on her face as she gazed out the window.
A melancholy melody drifted through the empty hall.
In medieval texts, a melancholy temperament was linked to an excess of cold, dry black bile.