Thesaurus / melancholic
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synonyms for melancholic
- gloomy
- lugubrious
- melancholy
- wistful
- at
- bad
- bleeding
- blue
- down
- downcast
- hurting
- low
- low-down
- moody
- weeping
- bummed out
- cast down
- crestfallen
- crummy
- dejected
- desolate
- despondent
- destroyed
- disconsolate
- dispirited
- down and out
- down in the dumps
- down in the mouth
- downhearted
- dragged
- dull
- dysphoric
- fed up
- glum
- grim
- heavy-hearted
- in a blue funk
- in pain
- in the dumps
- in the pits
- in the toilet
- let down
- low-spirited
- morose
- on a downer
- pessimistic
- ripped
- sad
- sob story
- spiritless
- taken down
- torn-up
- tristful
- unhappy
- woebegone
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This was profoundly touching and meaningful to me, obviously, but I’m mentioning it to clarify that what he’d praised was a portrait of himself as an intensely melancholic man with very deep, very old private regrets.
WHO KNOWS ANTHONY BOURDAIN?MARIA BUSTILLOSOCTOBER 27, 2021EATERMortimer hits all the sweaty, swooning highs and melancholic lows of this roller-coaster plot, with a particular eye for comedy.
AMAZON’S DIVINE PERIOD ROMANCE THE PURSUIT OF LOVE GIVES CLASSIC SOCIAL SATIRE A MODERN TWISTJUDY BERMANJULY 30, 2021TIMEI’d also be remiss not to mention Nicholas Britell’s gorgeous, strings-accompanied score, merged with sounds of wildlife and the whistle of a train, that smoothly oscillates between soothing, melancholic, and menacing.
HOW BARRY JENKINS’ ‘THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD’ AVOIDS THE TRAUMA PORN OF SLAVERY MOVIES PASTKYNDALL CUNNINGHAMMAY 14, 2021THE DAILY BEASTSurreal, eye-opening, melancholic, thought-provoking… 2020 has been like no other year in this century so far, as those wearing t-shirts with an “All I want for Christmas is 2021” logo will eagerly confirm.
JINGLE ALL THE WAY: WHAT WILL 2021 MEAN TO THE ADVERTISING WORLD?ALEX ZAKREVSKYDECEMBER 25, 2020SEARCH ENGINE WATCHBy 2018, DeepMind’s AI was already outperforming everyone at CASP, provoking some melancholic feelings among the human researchers.
AI HAS CRACKED A PROBLEM THAT STUMPED BIOLOGISTS FOR 50 YEARS. IT’S A HUGE DEAL.SIGAL SAMUELDECEMBER 3, 2020VOXThe immediate cause of the development of such a melancholic state is always some unfortunate event in the course of life.
ESSAYS IN PASTORAL MEDICINEAUSTIN MALLEYMelancholic conditions are frequently found in successive generations of the same family.
ESSAYS IN PASTORAL MEDICINEAUSTIN MALLEYIn many cases the refusal of food is associated with the patient's melancholic delusions.
ESSAYS IN PASTORAL MEDICINEAUSTIN MALLEYHis face, now almost serene with a melancholic good nature, contrasted with the somber severity of his companion.
THE PILGRIM'S SHELL OR FERGAN THE QUARRYMANEUGNE SUEHis keen, thoughtful dark eye marked the nervous and melancholic temperament.
THE MINISTER'S WOOINGHARRIET BEECHER STOWEWORDS RELATED TO MELANCHOLIC
- blue
- bummed out
- cast down
- crestfallen
- crummy
- dejected
- desolate
- despondent
- destroyed
- disconsolate
- discouraged
- dismal
- dispirited
- down
- down and out
- down in the dumps
- down in the mouth
- downcast
- downhearted
- dragged
- forlorn
- gloomy
- glum
- grim
- heavy-hearted
- hurting
- in a blue funk
- in pain
- in the dumps
- in the pits
- in the toilet
- let down
- low
- low-down
- low-spirited
- lugubrious
- melancholic
- melancholy
- miserable
- moody
- morose
- not happy
- on a downer
- pessimistic
- ripped
- sad
- spiritless
- taken down
- tearful
- teary
- torn-up
- unhappy
- upset
- weeping
- woebegone
- anxious
- at end of one's rope
- blue
- brokenhearted
- can't win
- cynical
- dejected
- depressed
- desperate
- disconsolate
- downcast
- forlorn
- frantic
- grief-stricken
- hopeless
- in pain
- in the dumps
- in the pits
- in the soup
- inconsolable
- melancholic
- melancholy
- miserable
- no-win
- not a prayer
- oppressed
- pessimistic
- sad
- shot down
- strabilious
- suicidal
- sunk
- weighed down
- wretched
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.