melancholy

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"My life is a broken roller coaster, but maybe I'm the only one to blame," they sing on the melancholy Merry Go Round.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

Not all makeovers were created equal: Some were in service to disappearing, others to fitting in; some were manic and others melancholy.

From Salon • Jan. 17, 2026

Her best performance likely came in Jean-Luc Godard’s acclaimed 1963 melancholy adaptation “Contempt,” as a wife who falls out of love with her husband.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2025

The book is about the dangers of monstrous appetites but also about the melancholy of unrealized desires.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

“Giving in to melancholy is not conducive to the generation of energy.”

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman