Synonyms of the word

melancholy

• adj. Affected with great sadness or depression.
• n. (historical) Black bile, formerly thought to be one of the four "cardinal humours" of animal bodies.
• n. Great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature.

cheerless

• adj. devoid of cheer; gloomy.

depression

• n. (psychology) In psychotherapy and psychiatry, a state of mind producing serious, long-term lowering of…
• n. (geography) An area that is lower in topography than its surroundings.
• n. (psychology) In psychotherapy and psychiatry, a period of unhappiness or low morale which lasts longer…
• n. (meteorology) An area of lowered air pressure that generally brings moist weather, sometimes promoting…
• n. (economics) A period of major economic contraction.
• n. (economics, US) Four consecutive quarters of negative, real GDP growth. See NBER.
• n. (biology, physiology) A lowering, in particular a reduction in a particular biological variable or the…

humor

• n. American spelling of humour.
• v. American spelling of humour.

humour

• n. (uncountable) The quality of being amusing, comical, funny.
• n. (uncountable) A mood, especially a bad mood; a temporary state of mind or disposition brought upon by…
• n. (archaic or historical) Any of the fluids in an animal body, especially the four "cardinal humours" of…
• n. (medicine) Either of the two regions of liquid within the eyeball, the aqueous humour and vitreous humour.
• n. (obsolete) Moist vapour, moisture.
• v. (transitive) To pacify by indulging.

melancholic

• adj. Filled with or affected by melancholy—great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective…
• n. A person who is habitually melancholy.

sad

• adj. (heading) Emotionally negative.
• adj. (obsolete) Sated, having had one's fill; satisfied, weary.
• adj. (obsolete) Steadfast, valiant.
• adj. (obsolete) Dignified, serious, grave.
• adj. (obsolete) Naughty; troublesome; wicked.
• adj. (slang) Unfashionable; socially inadequate or undesirable.
• adj. (dialect) Soggy (to refer to pastries).
• adj. (obsolete) Heavy; weighty; ponderous; close; hard.

sadness

• n. (uncountable) The state or emotion of being sad.
• n. (countable) An event in one's life that causes sadness.

somber

• adj. Dark or dreary in character; joyless, and grim.
• adj. Dark, lacking color or brightness.
• v. Alternative form of sombre.

sombre

• adj. Dark; gloomy.
• adj. Dull or dark in colour.
• adj. Melancholy; dismal.
• adj. Grave.
• n. (obsolete) gloom; obscurity; duskiness.
• v. To make sombre or dark; to make shady.

uncheerful

• adj. Not cheerful.

unhappiness

• n. The feeling of not being happy.