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melancholy |
Grep of noun melancholy melancholy melancholy thistle Overview of noun melancholy The noun melancholy has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (4) melancholy -- (a feeling of thoughtful sadness) 2. melancholy -- (a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed) 3. black bile, melancholy -- (a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy) Overview of adj melancholy The adj melancholy has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (3) melancholy, melancholic -- (characterized by or causing or expressing sadness; "growing more melancholy every hour"; "her melancholic smile"; "we acquainted him with the melancholy truth") Antonyms of adj melancholy 1 sense of melancholy Sense 1 melancholy, melancholic INDIRECT (VIA sad) -> glad Similarity of adj melancholy 1 sense of melancholy Sense 1 melancholy, melancholic => sad (vs. glad) Attributes of adj melancholy Familiarity of adj melancholy melancholy used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count = 1) Grep of adj melancholy melancholy Overview of noun melancholy The noun melancholy has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (4) melancholy -- (a feeling of thoughtful sadness) 2. melancholy -- (a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed) 3. black bile, melancholy -- (a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy) Overview of adj melancholy The adj melancholy has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (3) melancholy, melancholic -- (characterized by or causing or expressing sadness; "growing more melancholy every hour"; "her melancholic smile"; "we acquainted him with the melancholy truth")
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