melancholy
English translation: sad, sadness
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|  Selected response from: Kim Metzger Mexico Local time: 16:43 | |||
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| 4 +1 | sadness |
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| 4 | depression |
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| 4 | A melancholy line |
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depression Explanation: is the modern term for what was once described as melancholy, adj. depressive. One of the most learned books on this is Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy |
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A melancholy line Explanation: This is from a poem by John Keats, An Ode to Melancholy. Actually you can use the word the same way you'd use the word *sad.* A sad woman sat at the bar. A melancholy woman sat at the bar. But when the melancholy fit shall fall Sudden from heaven like a weeping cloud, That fosters the droop-headed flowers all, And hides the green hill in an April shroud; Then glut thy sorrow on a morning rose, 15 Or on the rainbow of the salt sand-wave, Or on the wealth of globèd peonies; Or if thy mistress some rich anger shows, Emprison her soft hand, and let her rave, And feed deep, deep upon her peerless eyes. |
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peer agreement (net): +1sadness Explanation: THis was asked a couple of weeks ago, and this is the answer that most people agreed with: "The noun "melancholy melancholy -- (a feeling of thoughtful sadness) 2. melancholy -- (a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed) 3. black bile, melancholy -- (a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy) The adjective "melancholy" has 1 sense in WordNet. 1. melancholy, melancholic -- (characterized by or causing or expressing sadness; "growing more melancholy every hour"; "her melancholic smile"; "we acquainted him with the melancholy truth") -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2002-09-30 23:26:40 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- (from Cambridge International Dictionary of English) melancholy adjective, noun (expressing) unhappiness or sadness, esp. that which is felt for a long period of time and without any obvious reason a melancholy piece of music melancholy autumn days Her mood was melancholy. He is an actor who is famous for roles full of sentimental melancholy. [U] melancholia noun [U] FORMAL OLD USE Melancholia is the condition of feeling unhappy or sad, esp. for no obvious reason. melancholic adjective ESPECIALLY FORMAL OR LITERARY a melancholic expression melancholic songs " With acknowledgments to Cristina Mohammad- Zali. Reference: http://www.cogsci.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/webwn/?stage=1&word=... |
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