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# melancholy

adjective (melancholy); noun (melancholy, uncountable)

«melancholy» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A deep, quiet sadness that lasts a while. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/melancholy/#m1)
2. (adjective) Sad, or making you feel sad, as in «a melancholy song». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/melancholy/#m2)

### In the lessons

A literary word for a gentle, thoughtful sadness. In Alice in Wonderland the Mock Turtle is very melancholy, sighing and sobbing as he tells his story. Poems and music can be melancholy.

### Examples

- The Mock Turtle sang in a melancholy voice. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/melancholy/#x1)
- A melancholy tune played on the radio. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/melancholy/#x2)
- Rain on the window gave her a feeling of melancholy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/melancholy/#x3)
- He was in a melancholy mood after his friend moved away. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/melancholy/#x4)
- The empty house looked melancholy in the fog. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/melancholy/#x5)
- Autumn can make some people melancholy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/melancholy/#x6)
- Not long after, the king of the country suffered from the deepest melancholy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/melancholy/#x7)

### Note

Say: MEL-an-kol-ee. No «-ic» or «-y» to add: it is both noun and adjective. Do not confuse with «melon».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «melancholy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/melancholy/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«melancholy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/melancholy.html) on Mova free.