melancholic

4 definitions found

melancholic - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Melancholic \Mel"an*chol`ic\, a. [L. melancholicus, Gr. ?: cf.
     F. m['e]lancholique.]
     Given to melancholy; depressed; melancholy; dejected;
     unhappy.
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           Just as the melancholic eye
           Sees fleets and armies in the sky.       --Prior.
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  Melancholic \Mel"an*chol`ic\, n. [Obs.]
     1. One affected with a gloomy state of mind. --J. Spenser.
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     2. A gloomy state of mind; melancholy. --Clarendon.
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melancholic - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  melancholic
      adj 1: characterized by or causing or expressing sadness;
             "growing more melancholy every hour"; "her melancholic
             smile"; "we acquainted him with the melancholy truth"
             [syn: melancholy, melancholic]
      n 1: someone subject to melancholia [syn: melancholic,
           melancholiac]

melancholic - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  54 Moby Thesaurus words for "melancholic":
     ambivert, atrabiliar, atrabilious, blase, blue, brooder, choleric,
     cycloid, cyclothyme, cyclothymic, depressing, depressive,
     dispirited, ectomorph, endomorph, extrovert, fed-up, funky,
     gloomy Gus, good and tired, introvert, irked, jaded, joyless,
     life-weary, melancholiac, melancholy, mesomorph, mope, pensive,
     phlegmatic, sad, saddening, sanguine, satiated, schizoid,
     schizothyme, sick, sick of, sourpuss, splenetic, syntone, tired,
     tired of, tired of living, tired to death, triste, tristful,
     wearied, weariful, weary, weary unto death, wistful, world-weary