melancholic
adjective
Origin of melancholic
Related Words for melancholic
melancholy, lugubrious, gloomy, wistful, blue, downcast, down, bad, low, weeping, at, moody, hurting, low-down, bleeding, crestfallen, crummy, dejected, desolate, despondentExamples from the Web for melancholic
Contemporary Examples of melancholic
Taylor had recently broken off an engagement with the actress Neva Gerber, who complained of his melancholic moods.
For us, this is Louis C.K. and his crabby, melancholic, and profanely funny half-hour comedy.
This ungainly man soon percolated in my own melancholic imagination.
Maintaining tight eye contact, the butlers pluck out audience members for a gripping, melancholic dance.
At first blush, it brings to mind the sultry, melancholic croon of Lana Del Rey.
Historical Examples of melancholic
The captain was a clever, melancholic man, who had no unusual grip on his crew.
FalkJoseph Conrad
This is the melancholic temperament, which does not shrink from the most profound inquiry.
Six Centuries of PaintingRandall Davies
My dear Madam, I am really getting too serious, philosophic, and melancholic.
She watched Paul growing irritable, priggish, and melancholic.
Sons and LoversDavid Herbert Lawrence
But he fretted so, got so furious suddenly, and again was melancholic.
Sons and LoversDavid Herbert Lawrence