melancholy

melancholy is a valid 10-letter word worth 20 points in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends.

Meaning

What does melancholy mean?

  • adjective

    characterized by or causing or expressing sadness

  • adjective

    grave or even gloomy in character

  • noun

    a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy

  • noun

    a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed

  • noun

    a feeling of thoughtful sadness

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