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Melancholy
01
a feeling of long-lasting sadness that often cannot be explained
02
a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy
03
a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed
melancholy
01
characterized by a deep sense of sadness or sorrow
02
grave or even gloomy in character
Example
He always felt a hibernal melancholy as the days grew shorter.
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