Sentence example with the word 'melancholy'

melancholy

absorption, bouderie, desolation, downheartedness, glum, lamentable, mopey, reverie, speculativeness, tiredness, world-weariness

Definition adj. characterized by or causing or expressing sadness

Last update: May 10, 2016


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Eversince the death of her son she has been in a state of melancholy.   [adjective]

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The film’s tragic ending put us all in a melancholy mood.   [adjective]

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After Heather broke up with her fiancée, she walked around in a melancholy state for weeks.    [Please select]

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Don't use melancholy for an excuse for crass behavior.   [Please select]

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Says Burton in his Anatomy of Melancholy: I have.   [Please select]

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Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy 1623.   [Please select]

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Can you explain the prevalence of melancholy in romanticism.   [Please select]

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Rochester at once harsh-featured and melancholy-looking.   [Please select]

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It was, moreover, a firm, energetic, and melancholy profile.   [Please select]

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Javert replied, his face incorruptible, and as melancholy as ever: "Mr."   [Please select]

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