melancholy
noun
a gloomy state of mind, especially when habitual or prolonged; depression.
unmelancholy
-
a word derived from
melancholy.
Example Sentences
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Some of the words he puts in Thomas Mendip's mouth sound like Hamlet in the Forest of Arden, or a most unmelancholy Jaques.
From Time Magazine Archive
I played something from Chaminade, as her fancies are always airy and agreeable and unmelancholy.
From The Princess Elopes by Harold MacGrath
