Used in a Sentence

melancholy

How to use melancholy in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for melancholy.

Editorial note

Autumn and Winter in the UK are beautiful and I share that same melancholy bliss.

Examples13
Definitions5
Parts of speech2

Quick take

a feeling of thoughtful sadness

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of melancholy gathered in one view.

noun

a feeling of thoughtful sadness

noun

a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed

noun

a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for melancholy.

noun

a feeling of thoughtful sadness

noun

a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed

noun

a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy

adjective

characterized by or causing or expressing sadness; "growing more melancholy every hour"; "her melancholic smile"; "we acquainted him with the melancholy truth"

adjective

grave or even gloomy in character; "solemn and mournful music"; "a suit of somber black"; "a somber mood"

Example sentences

1

Autumn and Winter in the UK are beautiful and I share that same melancholy bliss.

2

Not gonna downvote you, but that's a very glib reading of what, for me, was at times a melancholy and dark piece of writing.

3

Which satisfies the pragmatist in me, but still makes the tree-hugger in me slightly melancholy.

4

Maybe the weird melancholy of the "I still feel that I'm your friend, though you're not mine, and that's alright" note it left out on. Strikes a similar emotional chord to, say, knowing someone with dementia.

5

It's meant to have a melancholy, no-end-to-the-story tone.

6

Even still, I would humbly suggest deeper introspection and less melancholy.

7

Everyone has bouts of doubt and melancholy, I think or would like to think, but there's something much larger that creeps up that becomes harder to relate.

8

I used to be in a permanent state of melancholy because I always reminisced about past losses, even when the present was good.

9

I get to wear clothes I like, nobody's outside as they're all whinging about the rain, and I feel a sort of melancholy bliss when I'm sat indoors whilst it's raining.

10

When he gets melancholy, he will tell you that future of civilization is Mesopotamia -- where we have been civilized the longest.

11

They're capable of the whole range of human emotions, including clinical depression, melancholy, anger, rage, etc.

12

Our critical problems such as the numismatic plethora generate some agony and melancholy.

13

In fairness, I think they were trying to point out that the idea there might be a correlation between intelligence and depression has been around for a long time:"Aristotle introduced a quantitative factor, asserting that levels of melancholy and black bile are positively correlated; however, under a given threshold of black bile, it can give rise to an exceptional being"The fact that Aristotle thought "black bile" was responsible for both is neither here not there, but just a necessary context to understand the quotation.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use melancholy in a sentence?

Autumn and Winter in the UK are beautiful and I share that same melancholy bliss.

What does melancholy mean?

a feeling of thoughtful sadness

What part of speech is melancholy?

melancholy is commonly used as noun, adjective.