·noun Ill nature.
II. Melancholy ·adj Favorable to meditation; somber.
III. Melancholy ·noun Pensive maditation; serious thoughtfulness.
IV. Melancholy ·adj Depressed in spirits; dejected; gloomy dismal.
V. Melancholy ·adj Somewhat deranged in mind; having the jugment impaired.
VI. Melancholy ·noun Great and continued depression of spirits, amounting to mental unsoundness; melancholia.
VII. Melancholy ·noun Depression of spirits; a gloomy state continuing a considerable time; deep dejection; gloominess.
VIII. Melancholy ·adj Producing great evil and grief; causing dejection; calamitous; afflictive; as, a melancholy event.