noun
- Someone subject to melancholia.
- synonyms: melancholiac
adjective
- Characterized by or causing or expressing sadness.
- usage: "growing more melancholy every hour"; "her melancholic smile"; "we acquainted him with the melancholy truth"
- synonyms: melancholy
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