noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A burden on even the sunniest temperaments, never mind those suffering from inordinate melancholia .
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Avicenna claimed it caused melancholia , and Rhazes cautioned that it inflamed the blood and caused pustules in the mouth.
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Now, back in school, Chesarynth hoped that jacking in would drive this dreadful melancholia away.
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Somebody had to tease, to sit on dangerous edges, to affect melancholia .
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Sticky tendrils of rain slithered down the semi-steamed windows of the idling Rolls, encouraging a creeping melancholia .
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This can be seen in melancholia , where the person feels worthless as the super-ego mercilessly criticizes the ego.
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This left him dreadfully depressed and he was treated for melancholia and insomnia.