What is another word for melancholic?
170 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ m_ˌɛ_l_ə_n_k_ˈɒ_l_ɪ_k], [ mˌɛlənkˈɒlɪk], [ mˌɛlənkˈɒlɪk]Table of Contents
Similar words for melancholic:- all (adjective)
- depressed (adjective)
- depressing (adjective)
- despairing (adjective)
- dysphoric (adjective)
- joyless (adjective)
- sad (adjective)
- spiritless (adjective)
- tristful (adjective)
- melancholiac (noun)
- mentally ill (noun)
- other synonyms
- cynic
- in low spirits
- malingerer
- pathological
Definition for Melancholic:
- Given to melancholy; depressed; melancholy; dejected; unhappy.
Synonyms for Melancholic:
adj.
•all (adjective) •depressed (adjective)- Dragged,
- spiritless,
- in the dumps,
- lugubrious,
- morose,
- low,
- taken down,
- bad,
- sob story,
- bleeding,
- sad,
- let down,
- unhappy,
- desolate,
- crummy,
- despondent,
- moody,
- woebegone,
- dull,
- pessimistic,
- weeping,
- down,
- low-spirited,
- hurting,
- destroyed,
- fed up,
- heavy-hearted,
- gloomy,
- dispirited,
- ripped,
- at,
- glum,
- dejected,
- crestfallen,
- downhearted,
- dysphoric,
- downcast,
- in a blue funk,
- blue,
- down in the mouth,
- tristful,
- disconsolate,
- grim,
- wistful.
- in dumps,
- at end one's rope,
- most no win,
- cant win,
- at end rope,
- in-consolable,
- in soup,
- most no-win,
- de-pressed,
- more nowin,
- more no win,
- at end ones rope,
- in consolable,
- most strabilious,
- at end of one rope,
- no win,
- de pressed,
- most nowin,
- wretched,
- at end of ones rope,
- grief stricken,
- in pits,
- more sunk,
- most sunk,
- at end one rope,
- more strabilious,
- nowin,
- more no-win,
- not prayer.
- mopier,
- have blahs,
- down mouth,
- mopiest,
- more depressant,
- down the mouth,
- more dragged,
- mopey,
- most dragged,
- most depressant.
- up setting,
- un happier,
- more heart rending,
- un-satisfactory,
- dis composing,
- most discomposing,
- un satisfactory,
- up-setting,
- heart rending,
- tear jerking,
- tearjerking,
- more heart-rending,
- un-happy,
- most heart rending,
- dis-composing,
- tearful,
- un happy,
- most heart-rending,
- more discomposing,
- un happiest.
- un-concerned,
- un enthusiastic,
- draggiest,
- down dumps,
- down the dumps,
- un-enthusiastic,
- in-animate,
- in-different,
- most zero,
- draggier,
- in animate,
- un concerned,
- more zero,
- unenthusiastic,
- un-moved,
- sub missive,
- in different.
- most lowdown,
- on downer,
- more low down,
- heavy hearted,
- low spirited,
- more lowdown,
- more cast-down,
- more ripped,
- most ripped,
- low down,
- most bleeding,
- more hurting,
- down out,
- in toilet,
- de-stroyed,
- lowspirited,
- more cast down,
- de stroyed,
- most castdown,
- more castdown,
- more low-down,
- castdown,
- more bleeding,
- most cast-down,
- most cast down,
- more at,
- most at.
n.
•melancholiac (noun) •mentally ill (noun)Other synonyms:
•cynic •in low spirits •malingerer •pathological
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Antonyms for Melancholic:
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Other antonyms:
rosy, hopeful, jolly, blissful, chipper, lightsome, vital, gratified, bouncing, zippy, laughing, enraptured, jovial, cavalier, gleeful, perky, optimistic, vivacious, excited, gladsome, jubilant, careless, overjoyed, exultant, exhilarated, sanguine, easygoing, unconcerned, buoyant, pleased, blithe, content, upbeat, lively, merry, Sprightful, blithesome, cheery, encouraged, energetic, jocose, happy-go-lucky, insouciant, euphoric, boon, delighted, rhapsodic, thrilled, sprightly, animated, smiling, peppy, rapturous, beaming, exuberant, joyous, devil-may-care, ecstatic, lighthearted, jocular, mirthful, sunny, gladdened, elated, springy, jocund, grinning, frisky, entranced, jaunty, satisfied, Buoyed, carefree, spirited.
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Melancholic Sentence Examples:
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Not one of us but was in a melancholic, dismal and dire mood; and on the 13th December Lamburn, the engineer, stabbed Cartwright, the old harpooner, in the arm.
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Yet, I must confess, while we consult with the experience and practice of Christians, this bold assertion seems to be much weakened, and too much ground is given to confirm the contrary misapprehensions of the world, who take it to be a sullen, melancholic, and disconsolate life, attended with many fears and sorrows.
