Reverse Dictionary: MELANCHOLY

ADJECTIVES
► ADUST having a melancholy character or appearance; gloomy; sallow → c1460 obs.
► ALLICHOLLY melancholy → 1616 humorous usage obs.
► ATRABILARIOUS atrabilious, melancholy, gloomy → 1882
► ATRABILIOUS melancholy, gloomy; acrimonious → 1651
► BAD-HEARTED melancholy, miserable, down-hearted → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BLACK sad, melancholy, full of gloom or misery → 1562
► BLACK-ASS melancholy, depressed → 1974 US sl.
► BLUE miserable, melancholy, dejected → a1450
► BLUE AS A WHETSTONE depressed, melancholy, dejected → 1857 Amer. dial.
► BLUE-DEVILISH melancholy, depressed, low-spirited → 1804 obs.
► BLUE-DEVILED ► BLUE-DEVILLED melancholy, depressed, low-spirited → 1807
► BLUER THAN A WHETSTONE extremely dejected, depressed, melancholy → 1914 Amer. dial.
► BROW-SICK dejected; downcast; melancholy; hanging the head → 1709
► CARRYING A HEAVY LOAD fatigued or melancholy → 1942 US sl. (Bk.)
► CHAGRIN melancholy; grieved, troubled → 1665 obs.
► CHAGRINED melancholy, troubled, afflicted → 1754
► COLLI-MOLLIE ► COLLI-MOLLY ► OLLY-MOLLY melancholy → 1603 obs.
► DARKSOME characterized by gloom, sadness, or cheerlessness; melancholy, dismal → 1649
► DAUNCY ► DONSY moody, melancholy, depressed → 1853 Amer. dial.
► DECHEERFUL void of cheerfulness, melancholy, dejected → 1607 obs.
► DOLESOME depressed, melancholy, doleful, gloomy, sorrowful, dismal → 1899 Amer. dial.
► DOWF sad, melancholy, out of spirits → 1721 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► DOWIE dull and lonely; melancholy, dreary; dismal → 1507 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► DRAM sad, melancholy → 1522 Sc. obs.
► DRAM-HEARTED depressed in spirit, melancholy, downcast → 1895 Sc.
► DREARY sad, doleful, melancholy → a1000 obs.
► DUMPISH sad, melancholy; dejected, in the dumps → 1560
► DUMPY melancholy, dejected, in the dumps → 1618
► DUSKY gloomy, melancholy → 1598
► DYVOUS shy, retiring; moody, melancholy → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► EARNFUL causing anxiety or yearning; anxious; full of longing desire; sorrowful, lamentable, melancholy, sad → c1500 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► EERIE dismal, sad, melancholy, gloomy, dull, mournful → 1773 Sc.
► EERIESOME dismal, dull, sad, melancholy → 1869 Sc.
► ELEGIAC mournful, melancholy, plaintive → 1598
► ELEGIACAL melancholy, mournful → 1487
► ELEGIOUS resembling an elegy; hence, lugubrious, melancholy, mournful → 1632 obs.
► ERNEFUL ► ERNFUL sad, lamentable, pitiable; sorrowful, melancholy → 1679 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► FIDDLE-FACED long-faced, solemn, melancholy or unhappy looking → c1785
► FRIDAY-FACED sad-looking, melancholy, gloomy, sour-featured, miserable, gloomy → c1600 obs.
► FULIGINOUS murky, dark; obscure; dull; also, melancholy, mournful → 1646
► FUNEBRAL relating to a funeral; mournful, gloomy, melancholy → 1581
► FUNEBRIAL relating to a funeral; mournful, gloomy, melancholy → 1604
► FUNEBRIOUS pert. to funerals; hence, gloomy, sad, melancholy, mournful → 1630 obs.
► FUNEBROUS relating to a funeral; mournful, gloomy, melancholy → 1654
► FUNERAL mournful, gloomy, melancholy → c1425
► FUNEREAL gloomy, melancholy, mournful → 1707
► GLOOMING sullen, frowning, scowling, melancholy → 1440
► HEAVY-HEARTED grieved, sad, melancholy → c1400
► HIPPED melancholy, low-spirited, depressed → 1712 colloq.
► HUMPY out of humour; melancholy, sad → 1889
► IREY ► IRIE melancholy, gloomy; causing fear → 1733 Sc. obs.
► LUMPISH melancholy, dejected, low-spirited → 1535 obs.
► MADANCHOLY melancholy → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MALAGRUGROUS grim, forbidding; gloomy, dismal, melancholy → 1819 Sc. obs.
► MALEGROBOLOUS grim, forbidding; gloomy, dismal, melancholy → 1819 Sc. obs.
► MEECHING poor-spirited, melancholy, complaining → 1836 Eng. dial.
► MELANCHOLIAN experiencing melancholy → 1340 obs.
► MELANCHOLIC liable to melancholy, depressed, mournful; causing melancholy → 1584
► MELANCHOLIOUS affected with melancholy; gloomy, mournful → c1384
► MELANCHOLY AS A GYB-CAT very melancholy (gyb-cat = male cat) → 1596
► MELANCHOLYISH somewhat melancholy → 1837
► MESTIVE sad, sorrowful, gloomy, dismal, mournful, melancholy → 1578 obs.
► MOODY-HEARTED melancholy; disposed to tears; dispirited → 1867 Eng. dial.
► MOONEY ► MOONY melancholy → 1843 US sl.
► MOPED melancholy, dejected, spiritless → 1625
► MUMPING grimacing or assuming a demure, sanctimonious, or melancholy expression; querulous, complaining → 1594 chiefly Sc.
► NECROPOLITAN mournful, melancholy, funereal → 1877
► OORIE ► ORIE ► OWRIE sad, melancholy, dismal, depressing → 1788 Sc.
► PENSEROSE meditative, brooding, melancholy → 1831
► PENSEROSO melancholy, brooding → 1776 obs.
► PENSIFUL anxious, brooding; melancholy, sorrowful → a1450 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► PENSIVE melancholy, sad, gloomy → 1480
► PENSY melancholy, thoughtful → 1450
► SACKLESS dispirited, melancholy; moping → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SAFFLE dull, sad, melancholy → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SAFFLING melancholy → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SALLOW-THINKING melancholy, brooding, sullen → 1606 obs.
► SATURNIAN sullen, melancholy → 1583 obs.
► SATURNIC gloomy, melancholy, grim → 1820
► SATURNICAL melancholy → 1574 obs.
► SATURNINE sluggish, cold, and gloomy in temperament; melancholy → 1433
► SATURNIOUS gloomy, sullen, melancholy → 1591 obs.
► SEPULCHRAL dismal, gloomy, melancholy → 1711
► SOLEMNCHOLY excessively solemn or serious; melancholy → 1773 US
► SOMBER ► SOMBRE of thoughts, feelings, etc.: melancholy, dismal → 1821
► SPLENETIC characterized by melancholy or depression of spirits → 1684 obs.
► SPOONY DRUNK intoxicated with melancholy → 19C sl.
► TEARFUL mournful, melancholy → 1611 obs.
► THOUGHTFUL full of mental trouble; sorrowful, melancholy, moody → 1300
► THOUGHT-SICK sick from thinking; sick with anxiety; uneasy with sad reflections; sad, sorrowful, melancholy → 1598 obs.
► THOUGHTY pensive, melancholy, anxious → 1450 arch.
► TRIST sad, sorrowful, melancholy → 1420 obs.
► UNCHEERFUL melancholy, gloomy → 1612
► UNCOUS melancholy → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► UNHEARTSOME cheerless, melancholy, sad → 1660 Sc.
► WAFF of persons and places: forlorn, melancholy; solitary, said of one who is in a strange place where he has not a single acquaintance → 1724 Sc.
► WHIPPED UP fatigued or melancholy → 1942 US sl. (Bk.)
► WISHT melancholy, wretched → 1829 Eng. dial.
► YONDERLY distant in manner, reserved, sullen; depressed in health or spirits, gloomy, melancholy; vague, absent-minded; shy, timid; anxious → 1828 Eng. dial.

ADVERBS
► MELANCHOLILY in a melancholy manner → 1536
► SATURNINELY in a melancholy manner → 1895

INTERJECTIONS & PHRASES
► IN ONE’S MUBBLE-FUBBLES ► OUT OF ONE’S MUBBLE-FUBBLES melancholy, depressed → 1589 colloq., obs.
► IN THE MOULT in a melancholy or sorry state → 1891 Eng. dial.

NOUNS
► ALLICHOLLY melancholy → 1616 humorous usage obs.
► BACKHOUSE BLUES the melancholies → 1990 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► BLACK DOG melancholy, depression → 1776
► BLUE DEVILISM a period of melancholy or depression → 1787 obs.
► BLUE DEVILS, THE feelings of melancholy or depression, low spirits, the blues → 1756
► BLUE FUNK excessively low spirits, melancholia → 1990 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► BLUENESS a state of depression or melancholy → 1867
► BLUES, THE feelings of melancholy, sadness, or depression → 1741 colloq.
► BRAINSTORM a fit of melancholy, rage, etc.; a sudden change of mood or behaviour → 1861
► CAFARD depression, melancholy, the blues → E20
► CHAGRIN melancholy; worry, anxiety → 1656 obs.
► DALLERS a fit of melancholy → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DISMALS a melancholy mood; the blues, gloom, low spirits → 1777 Amer. dial.
► DOLEFULNESS melancholy, dreariness → 1450
► DUMPS, THE a fit of melancholy or depression; heaviness of mind, dejection, low spirits → a1535
► ENGLISH MALADY melancholy or depression regarded as typical of English people → 1733
► EPIZOOTICS melancholy, the blues → 1908 Amer. dial.
► GLOOM a state of melancholy or depression → 1773
► GLOOMINESS depression of spirits; melancholy look → 1607
► GLOOMS fits of melancholy → 1744
► HIPPISHNESS a tendency to melancholy, depression, or anxiety → 1860 colloq., arch.
► HYPS, THE feelings of melancholy, depression, or anxiety, esp. about one’s health → 1710 colloq. obs.
► LAST OF PEA-TIME, THE the melancholy end of things → 1834 Amer.
► LOWNESS depression, melancholy → 1639 arch.
► LYPEMANIA an abnormal tendency toward deep melancholy → 1991 (Bk.)
► MARE, THE the blues; melancholy → a1529 obs.
► MEGRIMS melancholy, depression; low spirits → 1592
► MOPEDNESS melancholy, dejection → 1660 obs.
► MUBBLE FUBBLES a state of melancholy or depression → 1589 colloq., obs.
► MUMPS, THE a fit of melancholy or ill humour → 1599 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► PENSIENESS sadness, melancholy → 1450 Sc. obs.
► PENSIFULNESS melancholy, anxiety → 1450 obs.
► PENSIVEHEAD melancholy, sorrow → 1425 obs.
► SATURNINITY the quality of being melancholy; gloominess → 1867
► SAUDADE longing, melancholy, nostalgia, as a supposed characteristic of the Portuguese or Brazilian temperament → 1912
► SCREWTON-NEWTONS a miserable feeling in mind and body; a fit of the dumps, a gloomy, melancholy state of mind → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SPLEEN the seat of melancholy or morose feelings → 1390 obs.
► TABANCA a feeling of melancholy or depression, especially as a result of unrequited love or the end of a romantic relationship → 1968 Caribbean
► THOUGHTINESS melancholy, pensiveness → 1658 arch.
► TRISTESSE melancholy, sadness, grief → 1390
► TRISTIMANIA melancholy → 1991 (Bk.)
► WEEPS, THE a fit of weeping or melancholy → 1922
► WEHMUT sadness, melancholy, nostalgia → 1907
► WISHTNESS melancholy → 1800

NOUNS – PERSON
► CLEEK a sad, melancholy person → 1956 sl., orig. US
► GLUM-POT a melancholy or ill-tempered person → 1917 Amer. dial.
► GRIZZLE-POT an ill-tempered or melancholy person → 19C sl.
► HEEPY a melancholy or listless person → 1788 Sc. obs.
► MELANCHOLIAN one affected with melancholy or a gloomy state of mind → 1340 obs.
► MELANCHOLIC a person prone to melancholy, sadness, or depression → 1645
► MOPE a person who mopes; someone given to prolonged spells of gloom or dejection; a low-spirited, listless, melancholy person → 1693
► PENSEROSE a brooding or melancholy person or personality → 19C
► PENSEROSO a melancholy or brooding person → 1790
► SATURNIAN a sullen, gloomy, or melancholy person → 1591 obs.
► SATURNINE a sullen, gloomy, or melancholy person → 1631 obs.
► SATURNIST a sullen, gloomy, or melancholy person → 1569 obs.

VERBS
► BLUE-DEVIL to make one melancholy or depressed → 1812 Amer. dial.
► CARRY A HEAVY LOAD to be fatigued; to be melancholy → World War II Amer. sl.
► DISMAL to feel dismal or melancholy → 1780 obs.
► DUMP to cast into melancholy, to sadden, to cast down → 1585 obs.
► FUNERALIZE to render sad or melancholy → 1654 obs.
► HIP to make melancholy, low-spirited, or irritable → 1771 colloq.
► MAWK to crave for; to become melancholy; to mope → 1876 Eng. dial.
► MELANCHOLIZE to be or become melancholy; to become gloomy in mind; to make melancholy → 1597 obs.
► MOAN AROUND to go about in a depressed or melancholy mood; to mope → 1932 Amer. dial.
► MUMP to assume a demure, melancholy, or sanctimonious expression; to be silent and sullen; to sulk, to mope → c1610