Synonyms: melancholiac, melancholic
Definition: someone subject to melancholia
Similar words: depressive
Definition: someone suffering psychological depression
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: sad
Definition: experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness
Usage: feeling sad because his dog had died; Better by far that you should forget and smile / Than that you should remember and be sad- Christina Rossetti