Main entry: melancholy, black bile
Definition: a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy
Main entry: melancholy
Definition: a feeling of thoughtful sadness
Main entry: melancholy
Definition: a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed
Main entry: melancholy, somber, sombre
Definition: grave or even gloomy in character
Usage: solemn and mournful music; a suit of somber black; a somber mood
Main entry: melancholic, melancholy
Definition: characterized by or causing or expressing sadness
Usage: growing more melancholy every hour; her melancholic smile; we acquainted him with the melancholy truth