1. (Médecine) Relatif ŕ, atteint de, mélancolie.
2. Lang.cour. : triste, dépressif sans savoir pourquoi, qui pousse ŕ la mélancolie. Musique mélancolique.
Triste.
ETYM Old Eng., p. p. of forlesen to lose utterly, AS. forleósan (p. p. forloren); pref. for- + leósan (in comp.) to lose; cf. Dutch verliezen to lose, German verlieren, Swed. förlora, Dan. forloren, Goth. fraliusan to lose. Related to For-, and Lorn, Lose.
Marked by or showing hopelessness.
Characterized by hopelessness; filled with gloom; SYN. grim.
Reflecting gloom; SYN. gloomy, long-faced.
1. Sad, dejected
2. Sheepish
ETYM Latin melancholicus, Greek melas, -anos black + chole gall, bile.: cf. French mélancholique.
Given to melancholy; depressed; melancholy; unhappy.
1. Expressing sorrow; SYN. plaintive.
2. Full of sorrow; sad
3. Causing sorrow or melancholy; gloomy