melancholy

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

adj. dejected, dispirited, sad, depressed, blue (inf.). See dejection. Ant., happy.

II

(Roget's IV) modif.

1. [Sad; said of persons ]

Syn. depressed, unhappy, dispirited; see sad 1 .

2. [Depressing; said of information or events ]

Syn. dreary, unfortunate, saddening; see sad 2 .

See Synonym Study at sad . n.

Syn. wistfulness, despair, unhappiness; see depression 2 , grief 1 , sadness .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

I

n.

depression, unhappiness, down-heartedness, blues, sadness, gloom, low spirits, funk, woe, misery, sorrow, despondency. ''A hell upon earth.''—Robert Burton. ''The mind's disease.''—John Ford. ''The pleasure of being sad.''—Victor Hugo.

ANT.: happiness, elation, euphoria

II

a.

depressed, downhearted, blue, dejected, sad, dispirited, low, glum, *down in the mouth, *down in the dumps, *bummed out, heartsick, forlorn, disconsolate, gloomy, miserable, despondent.

ANT.: happy, elated, euphoric

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I noun A feeling or spell of dismally low spirits: blues, dejection, depression, despondence, despondency, doldrums, dolefulness, down-heartedness, dumps, dysphoria, funk, gloom, glumness, heavy-heartedness, mope (used in plural), mournfulness, sadness, unhappiness. See FEELINGS, HAPPY. II adjective 1. In low spirits: blue, dejected, depressed, desolate, dispirited, down, downcast, downhearted, dull, dysphoric, gloomy, heavy-hearted, low, melancholic, sad, spiritless, tristful, unhappy, wistful. Idiom: down at (or in) the mouth. See HAPPY. 2. Tending to cause sadness or low spirits: blue, cheerless, depressing, dismal, dispiriting, gloomy, joyless, sad. See HAPPY.