'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'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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