melancholy
noun
a gloomy state of mind, especially when habitual or prolonged; depression.
melancholies
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pluralof melancholy.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The pains, regrets and melancholies of the adult characters mingle with the fresher but no less complex experiences of the teenagers getting a taste of love, death and fellowship for the first time.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 20, 2023
Says Faber Birren, 82, the dean of American color researchers: "Color distracts you from yourself and relieves you of inner anxieties, melancholies and fears."
From Time Magazine Archive
Of this last, we can only imagine some too ardent compliment, or perhaps some subjection to one of his dense melancholies.
From The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 2 by Rupert Hughes
"You 've fallen into the black melancholies these some days back," said Rogers to me.
From A Day's Ride A Life's Romance by Charles James Lever
Let Oliver take comfort in his dark sorrows and melancholies.
From Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. by Margaret Fuller
