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