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melancholies

/ˈmel.ənˌkɒl.iz/

/ˈmɛl.ənˌkɑː.liz/

Translations

melancholynoun

melancholies

/ˈmel.ənˌkɒl.i/

/ˈmɛl.ənˌkɑː.li/

Synonyms

melancholynoun

A deep, pensive, and long-lasting sadness.

A sense of melancholy settled over them after the news.

A reflective or gloomy mood.

He spoke in a quiet melancholy, recalling the past.

(archaic, historical) Black bile, thought in ancient and medieval medicine to cause depression or sadness.

Physicians of the Renaissance attributed his sorrow to an imbalance of melancholy in his body.