melancholic
pronunciation
How to pronounce melancholic in British English:
UK [ˌmelənˈkɒlɪk]
How to pronounce melancholic in American English:
US [ˌmelənˈkɑlɪk]
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- Noun:
- someone subject to melancholia
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- Adjective:
- characterized by or causing or expressing sadness
Word Origin
- melancholic (adj.)
- late 14c., from melancholy + -ic, or else from Late Latin melancholicus, from Greek melankholikos "choleric," from melankholia âsadnessâ (see melancholy). As a noun, from 1580s. Earlier adjective formation was melancholian (mid-14c.), and melancholiac (mid-19c.) also was tried.
Example
- 1. The heart that lusted for joy yet remained entangled in melancholic chains of its own creation .
- 2. Classical architecture has a history there going back to thomas jefferson ; and no southerner can fail to see history as a melancholic process .
- 3. Sam rockwell is a perfect choice for blending melancholic sarcasm with an ability to physically decay on film .
- 4. She had a wary , melancholic air and was curled up in a chair , as though recoiling from the camera that she knew was embedded in the wall behind her husband .
- 5. It 's not too much of a departure from my more melancholic songwriting , so people who like my music will like this .