English Alternative forms Etymology From (deprecated template usage ) [etyl] Ancient Greek μελαγχολικός ( melankholikós , “ atrabilious, impulsive, of atrabilious or melancholic temperament ” ) , from μελαγχολία ( melankholía , “ melancholy ” ) .
Adjective melancholic (comparative more melancholic , superlative most melancholic )
Filled with or affected by melancholy —great sadness or depression , especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature.
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Just as the melancholic eye / Sees fleets and armies in the sky. Translations filled with or affected by melancholy
Catalan: melancòlic (ca) , malenconiós (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 憂鬱 ／ 忧郁 (zh) ( yōuyù ) , 忧郁 (zh) ( yōuyù )
Czech: melancholický (cs)
Danish: melankolsk
Dutch: melancholisch (nl) , droevig (nl)
Finnish: apea (fi) , melankolinen (fi) , alakuloinen (fi) , haikea (fi) , surumielinen
French: mélancolique (fr)
Galician: melancólico
Georgian: ნაღვლიანი ( naɣvliani ) , სევდიანი ( sevdiani )
German: melancholisch (de) , schwermütig (de)
Greek: μελαγχολικός (el) ( melancholikós )
Ancient: δύσθυμος ( dústhumos ) , σκυθρωπός ( skuthrōpós )
Hebrew: מלנכולי ( melanḥoli ) , דכדוך ( dikhdókh )
Indonesian: melankolis (id)
Interlingua: melancholia
Irish: dúchroíoch
Italian: malinconico (it) , melancolico
Japanese: 憂鬱な (ja) ( ゆううつな, yūutsu na ) , 鬱病の (ja) ( うつびょうの, utsubyō no )
Latin: melancholicus
Luxembourgish: melancholesch
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Maori: kainatu matapōuri ruku popoi rāwakiwaki
Norwegian:
Bokmål: sørgmodig
Nynorsk: sørgmodig
Old English: drēoriġ
Polish: melancholiczny (pl) , melancholijny (pl)
Portuguese: melancólico (pt)
Romanian: melancolic (ro)
Russian: меланхоли́ческий (ru) ( melanxolíčeskij ) , меланхоли́чный (ru) ( melanxolíčnyj )
Scots: dowie
Scottish Gaelic: mulad m èislean m dòlasachd f tùirse f dubhachas m cianalas m truime f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: снужденост f утученост f
Roman: snuždenost (sh) f utučenost (sh) f melankòličan (sh)
Slovak: (please verify ) melanchólia
Spanish: melancólico (es)
Swedish: melankolisk (sv)
Tagalog: lukulok
Turkish: melankolik (tr) , hüzünlü (tr) , kederli (tr)
Ukrainian: меланхо́лічний m ( melanxóličnyj )
Volapük: glumaladäl (vo)
Noun melancholic (plural melancholics
A person who is habitually melancholy .
2008 March 16, Garrison Keillor, “Woe Be Gone”, in New York Times [1] Kafka, Hart Crane, Jackson Pollock, Tennessee Williams, Mark Rothko, melancholics all, so why shouldn’t we accept our own bleakness and take long walks in the winter woods and look at the gnarled limbs of trees and struggle with the inscrutable and accept the beauty of permanent turmoil?
Translations a person who is habitually melancholy