'Melancholic' definitions:

Definition of 'melancholic'

From: WordNet
adjective
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]
noun
Someone subject to melancholia [syn: melancholic, melancholiac]

Definition of 'Melancholic'

From: GCIDE
  • Melancholic \Mel"an*chol`ic\, a. [L. melancholicus, Gr. ?: cf. F. m['e]lancholique.] Given to melancholy; depressed; melancholy; dejected; unhappy. [1913 Webster]
  • Just as the melancholic eye Sees fleets and armies in the sky. --Prior. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Melancholic'

From: GCIDE
  • Melancholic \Mel"an*chol`ic\, n. [Obs.]
  • 1. One affected with a gloomy state of mind. --J. Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A gloomy state of mind; melancholy. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'melancholic'

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Words containing 'Melancholic'