noun ill nature.
2. melancholy ·adj favorable to meditation; somber.
3. melancholy ·noun pensive maditation; serious thoughtfulness.
4. melancholy ·adj depressed in spirits; dejected; gloomy dismal.
5. melancholy ·adj somewhat deranged in mind; having the jugment impaired.
6. melancholy ·noun great and continued depression of spirits, amounting to mental unsoundness; melancholia.
7. melancholy ·noun depression of spirits; a gloomy state continuing a considerable time; deep dejection; gloominess.
8. melancholy ·adj producing great evil and grief; causing dejection; calamitous; afflictive; as, a melancholy event.