1. Dépression.
2. Tristesse.
3. Spleen.
ETYM AS. glôm twilight, from the root of Eng. glow. Related to Glow, Glum, Gloam.
1. A feeling of melancholy apprehension; SYN. gloominess, somberness.
2. A state of partial or total darkness; SYN. somberness, sombreness.
3. An atmosphere of depression and melancholy; SYN. gloominess, glumness.
ETYM Latin See Melancholy.
Depressive disposition attributed to the influence of one of the humors in pre-scientific thought; melancholia was thought to be particularly characteristic of writers and thinkers.
The psychological states associated with it were assembled and analyzed by the English philosopher Robert Burton in his Anatomy of Melancholy 1621.
Extreme depression characterized by tearful sadness and irrational fears.
ETYM Old Eng. melancolie, French mélancolie, Latin melancholia, from Greek; melas, -anos, black + chole gall, bile. Related to Malice, and Gall.
1. A constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed.
2. A feeling of thoughtful sadness.
1. Emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being; SYN. unhappiness.
2. The state of being sad; SYN. sorrow, sorrowfulness.