melancholia
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But he added, acidly: “there was little about melancholia that he didn’t know; there was little else that he did.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
And people looking for a dose of introspective melancholia at the end of the festival will have to choose between The National on the Other Stage, and James Blake, who plays in the Woodsies tent.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2024
In “The Seagull/Woodstock, NY,” Thomas Bradshaw’s Chekhov adaptation, Parker Posey’s portrayal of Irene deftly toed the line between satire, affection and melancholia.
From New York Times • Dec. 4, 2023
Less like fear and more in keeping with melancholia, dread has no defined object.
From Salon • Jan. 1, 2023
It may, however, simply have been another bout of deep blue melancholia, the kind that had assailed him off and on for years.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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