Melancholy - English meaning

noun

A way of thinking or behaving that shows that you expect to fail

Usage examples:

He criticized his party for defeatism., you’ll never get anywhere with a defeatist attitude.

noun

A way of thinking or behaving that shows that you have no hope and expect to fail

Usage examples:

There is a spirit of defeatism among some members of the party.

adjective

Sad and depressed; dispirited.

Usage examples:

He stood in the street looking dejected

verb

Make sad or dispirited; depress.

Usage examples:

Nothing dejects a trader like the interruption of his profits

adjective

Unhappy, disappointed, or lacking hope

Usage examples:

William felt dejected because he had sprained his ankle and had to sit out the game.

noun

A sad and depressed state; low spirits.

Usage examples:

He was slumped in deep dejection

noun

The feeling of being unhappy, disappointed, or without hope

Usage examples:

He wandered around in a state of utter dejection., she made no effort to hide her dejection.

adjective

(of a person) in a state of unhappiness or despondency.

Usage examples:

She felt lonely and depressed

verb

Make (someone) feel utterly dispirited or dejected.

Usage examples:

That first day at school depressed me

adjective

Feeling unhappy and without hope

Usage examples:

He’s depressed about losing his job., this is an economically depressed area.

adjective

Causing or resulting in a feeling of miserable dejection.

Usage examples:

That thought is too depressing for words

verb

Make (someone) feel utterly dispirited or dejected.

Usage examples:

That first day at school depressed me

adjective

Making you feel unhappy and without hope

Usage examples:

Life is depressing enough, i don’t need depressing movies., my score was depressingly low.

noun

Feelings of severe despondency and dejection.

Usage examples:

Self-doubt creeps in and that swiftly turns to depression

noun

A feeling of sadness, or medical a type of mental illness that causes long periods of unhappiness

Usage examples:

I’m just beginning to get over the depression from losing my job., medical tiredness, loss of appet…

noun

A recession (= time of low economic activity, when investments lose value, businesses fail and people lose their jobs) that lasts for a long period of time, usually several years

Usage examples:

Plunge/slide into depression the thirties saw the world plunge into depression., the wall street cr…

adjective

(of a place) uninhabited and giving an impression of bleak emptiness.

Usage examples:

A desolate pennine moor

verb

Make (a place) appear bleakly empty.

Usage examples:

The droughts that desolated the dry plains

adjective

(of a place) having no living things; empty

Usage examples:

A desolate landscape, when her son left for a year abroad, she felt desolate.

noun

A state of complete emptiness or destruction.

Usage examples:

The stony desolation of the desert

noun

The state of a place that is empty or where everything has been destroyed

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A scene of desolation

noun

The state of feeling sad and alone

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A feeling of utter desolation

adjective

In low spirits from loss of hope or courage.

Usage examples:

She grew more and more despondent

adjective

Unhappy and discouraged because you feel you are in a situation that is unlikely to improve

Usage examples:

He grew increasingly despondent when his paintings failed to sell.

adjective

Unhappy and with no hope or enthusiasm

Usage examples:

He became/grew increasingly despondent when she failed to return his phone calls., despondent about…

verb

Speak disrespectfully to or criticize.

Usage examples:

I don't like her dissing my friends

noun

Disrespectful talk.

prefix

Expressing negation.

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Disadvantage

adjective

Very unhappy and unable to be comforted.

Usage examples:

She left fritz looking disconsolate

adjective

Extremely sad and disappointed

Usage examples:

The players were disconsolate after losing what should have been an easy game.

noun

The feeling of not having much hope about a particular situation or problem

Usage examples:

There is a dispiritedness about the team these days.

plural noun

A state or period of stagnation or depression.

Usage examples:

The mortgage market has been in the doldrums for three years

plural noun

An equatorial region of the atlantic ocean with calms, sudden storms, and light unpredictable winds.

Usage examples:

Hurricane verity had been born in the doldrums

plural noun

A state of lack of activity or lack of success

Usage examples:

Business leaders predict a hard year ahead with the economy in the doldrums.

adverb

Towards or in a lower place or position, especially to or on the ground or another surface.

Usage examples:

She looked down

preposition

From a higher to a lower point of (something).

Usage examples:

Up and down the stairs

adjective

Directed or moving towards a lower place or position.

Usage examples:

The down escalator

adjective

(of a person's eyes) looking downwards.

Usage examples:

Her modestly downcast eyes

noun

A shaft dug in a mine for extra ventilation.

Usage examples:

The probable explanation is, that the return air was leaking across into the downcast shaft at vari…

adjective

Looking down, usually because of being shy or sad

adjective

Discouraged; in low spirits.

Usage examples:

Fans must not be downhearted even though we lost

adjective

Unhappy, esp. because of failure or because you are disappointed

adjective

Unhappy and having no hope, especially because of a disappointment or failure

Usage examples:

After hearing the news of the defeat, she told supporters not to be downhearted.

noun

Partial or total darkness.

Usage examples:

He strained his eyes peering into the gloom

verb

Have a dark or sombre appearance.

Usage examples:

The black gibbet glooms beside the way

noun

Lack of hope

Usage examples:

Gloom and anger replaced her earlier upbeat mood., up ahead they could see lights in the gloom.

noun

The state of being unhappy or without hope

Usage examples:

The sheer gloominess of the prime minister's message has attracted much comment., economists said t…

noun

The state of being dark in a way that is unpleasant and that makes it difficult to see

Usage examples:

The lights glowed brightly in the gloominess.

adjective

Dark or poorly lit, especially so as to appear depressing or frightening.

Usage examples:

A gloomy corridor badly lit by oil lamps

adjective

Unhappy and without hope

Usage examples:

A gloomy person/expression, the cemetery is a gloomy place.

adjective

Not expecting or believing anything good in a situation

Usage examples:

A gloomy economic forecast, uk the vet is rather gloomy about my cat's chances of recovery.

adjective

Looking or feeling dejected; morose.

Usage examples:

The princess looked glum but later cheered up

adjective

Sad and discouraged

Usage examples:

A glum expression, marty nodded glumly.

adjective

Disappointed or unhappy, and quiet

Usage examples:

You look glum. what's up?, glum about he's very glum about the company's prospects.

adjective

Looking or sounding sad and dismal.

Usage examples:

His face looked even more lugubrious than usual

adjective

Sad and serious

Usage examples:

A lugubrious face

noun

A feeling of deep sadness; melancholy.

Usage examples:

The haunting melancholia that dominates the album

adjective

Feeling or expressing pensive sadness.

Usage examples:

His work often has a wistful or melancholic mood

adjective

Expressing feelings of sadness

Usage examples:

A melancholic expression, melancholic songs

adjective

(of a person) wretchedly unhappy or uncomfortable.

Usage examples:

Their happiness made anne feel even more miserable

adjective

Very unhappy, or causing much unhappiness

Usage examples:

They can make your life miserable if they want to., the forecast is for miserable weather today.

noun

A state or feeling of great physical or mental distress or discomfort.

Usage examples:

A man who had brought her nothing but misery

noun

Great unhappiness

Usage examples:

[ u ] with the rice harvest, hope is sprouting amid the misery.

noun

The quality of being unhappy, annoyed, and unwilling to speak or smile

Usage examples:

He has a natural moroseness to his expression., he alternated between aggression and moroseness.

adjective

Feeling, expressing, or inducing sadness, regret, or grief.

Usage examples:

Her large, mournful eyes

adjective

Very sad

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A mournful expression, mournful music

adjective

Engaged in, involving, or reflecting deep or serious thought.

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A pensive mood

adjective

Quiet and thinking seriously

Usage examples:

James was more pensive than usual., he gazed pensively out the window.

noun

A tendency to see the worst aspect of things or believe that the worst will happen.

Usage examples:

The dispute cast an air of deep pessimism over the future of the peace talks

noun

The tendency to see the bad side of things or to expect the worst in any situation

Usage examples:

There has been a mood of growing pessimism about the nation’s economy., how come you’re such a pess…

noun

The feeling that bad things are more likely to happen than good things

Usage examples:

Pessimism about/over sth pessimism about the economy dragged share prices below predictions., busin…

adjective

Feeling or showing sorrow; unhappy.

Usage examples:

I was sad and subdued

adjective

(of dough) heavy through having failed to rise.

abbreviation

Seasonal affective disorder.

noun

The condition or quality of being sad.

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A source of great sadness

noun

The feeling of being sad or unhappy

Usage examples:

There was a look of great sadness in his eyes.

noun

A feeling of deep distress caused by loss, disappointment, or other misfortune suffered by oneself or others.

Usage examples:

A bereaved person needs time to work through their sorrow

verb

Feel or display deep distress.

Usage examples:

A woman had cried all night, sorrowing over the death of her husband

noun

A feeling of great sadness or regret, or something that causes this feeling

Usage examples:

[ u ] the english language does not contain the words to express the sorrow i feel.

adjective

Feeling or showing grief.

Usage examples:

She looked at him with sorrowful eyes

adjective

Very sad

Usage examples:

With a sorrowful sigh she folded the letter and put it away.

noun

The feeling of not being happy; sadness.

Usage examples:

I've seen too much unhappiness caused by broken marriages

noun

The quality of being sad or not satisfied

Usage examples:

There is widespread unhappiness with the government's economic, foreign and trade policies., she ta…

noun

Great sorrow or distress (often used hyperbolically).

Usage examples:

The everton tale of woe continued

adjective

(of a person) in a very unhappy or unfortunate state.

Usage examples:

I felt so wretched because i thought i might never see you again

adjective

Unhappy or extremely sad

Usage examples:

He looked so ill and wretched as he spoke that he made me feel wretched myself., workers lived in w…