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The answer MELANCHOLY has 24 possible clue(s) in existing crosswords.
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Definitions of melancholy in various dictionaries:
noun - a feeling of thoughtful sadness
noun - a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed
noun - a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy
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This word for a prolonged state of sadness comes from the Greek for "black bile" (once thought to be it's cause) |
In ancient physiology, the 4 humors were blood, phlegm, choler & this, aka black bile |
This sad adjective derived from one of the 4 humors |
Domenico Fetti work that's a picture touched with foreboding; its title is the type of Dane Hamlet was |
"Come to me" & tell me this state of gloominess comes from words meaning "black bile", baby |
The anatomy of this deep feeling of sadness is that it's from the Greek for "black humor" |
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Having a feeling of melancholy sad and pensive. |
A feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause. |
having a feeling of melancholy sad and pensive. |
a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause. |
feeling or expressing sadness: |
sadness that lasts for a long period of time, often without any obvious reason |
sad: |
a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy |
characterized by or causing or expressing sadness |
a feeling of thoughtful sadness |
Melancholy might refer to |
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* Melancholia, one of the four temperaments in pre-modern medicine and proto-psychology, representing a state of low mood * Depression (mood), a state of low mood, also known as melancholy * Major depressive disorder, a mood disorder historically called melancholy |