adjective
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He seemed burdened with melancholic thoughts and dark visions as he wrestled with his pursuing demons.
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Her thoughts were sad and for once she didn't try to correct their melancholic turn.
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I mean, would a melancholic woman order everyone to leave her?
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She's in a slightly melancholic and therefore honest mood Jeremy Which is why we have to round it up now.
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The melancholic king and his lustful comic consort are out of love, but not so Peter and Emilia.
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The air is dull gold with the past, a sad, melancholic silver gilt which colours the mood of city.
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This was, unusually for Coronation Street, a duet, and profoundly melancholic .