Melancholy

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·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.