melancholy

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adjective

dejected: P. and V. ἄθυμος (Xen.), V. δύσθυμος, κατηφής, δύσφρων.

be melancholy, v.: P. and V. ἀθυμεῖν, V. δυσθυμεῖσθαι.

sad, unhappy: P. and V. ταλαίπωρος, ἄθλιος, οἰκτρός, Ar. and V. τάλας, τλήμων. V. δυστάλας; see and.

lamentable: P. and V. ἄθλιος, πικρός, οἰκτρός, βαρύς, V. δύσφορος (also Xen. but rare P.), πολύστονος, πανδάκρυτος, εὐδάκρυτος, δυσθρήνητος, πάγκλαυτος; see sad.

melancholy (of looks): P. and V. σκυθρωπός, V. στυγνός.

substantive

dejection: P. and V. ἀθυμία, ἡ, δυσθυμία, ἡ (Plato).

grief: P. ταλαιπωρία, ἡ, Ar. and V. ἄλγος, τό, ἄχος, τό, V. δύη, ἡ. πῆμα, τό, πημονή, ἡ, οἰζύς, ἡ, πένθος, τό (in P., outward signs of mourning); see sadness.

Translations

Arabic: سوداء‎; Egyptian Arabic: ماليخوليا‎; Aromanian: milanculii; Azerbaijani: melanxoliya; Basque: malenkonia; Belarusian: меланхолія; Bulgarian: меланхолия; Catalan: malenconia; Chinese Mandarin: 憂鬱, 忧郁, 悲哀; Czech: melancholie; Danish: melankoli, vemod; Dutch: melancholie, weemoed; Esperanto: melankolio; Estonian: melanhoolia; Finnish: melankolia, apeus, surumielisyys; French: mélancolie; Galician: melancolía; German: Melancholie, Schwermut, Wehmut; Greek: μελαγχολία; Hebrew: מלנכוליה‎; Hungarian: melankólia; Icelandic: þunglyndi; Italian: malinconia; Japanese: 憂鬱, 鬱病; Korean: 우울, 침울; Latin: melancholia; Lithuanian: melancholija; Manchu: ᠠᡴᠠᠴᡠᠨ; Maori: kainatu, rāwakiwaki; Norwegian: melankoli, tungsinn, svartsyn, vemod; Persian: مالیخولیا‎, مالنخولیا‎; Polish: melancholia; Portuguese: melancolia; Romanian: melancolie, tristețe; Russian: меланхолия; Scottish Gaelic: dòlasachd, mulad, èislean, cianalas, tùirse, truime, dubhachas; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: меланхолија, меланколија; Roman: melanhòlija, melankòlija; Sicilian: malancunìa; Slovak: melanchólia; Slovene: melanholija; Spanish: melancolía; Swedish: melankoli, svårmod, vemod, tungsinne; Tajik: молихулиё; Turkish: melankoli, hüzün; Ukrainian: меланхолія; Walloon: miråcoleye