Synonyms for melancholy
97 synonyms for “melancholy”, grouped by meaning. Dark green words mean nearly the same thing; light green ones are close in some uses.
Melancholy as in “depressing”
adjective: grave or even gloomy in character
- depressing
- mournful
- wistful
- morose
- sorrowful
- plaintive
- sullen
- doleful
- forlorn
- dark
- despondent
- gloomy
- dreary
- glum
- grim
- dejected
- disconsolate
- miserable
- moody
- unhappy
- downcast
- depressed
- desolate
- bleak
- blue
- downhearted
- dismal
- inconsolable
- dull
- wretched
- lugubrious
- woebegone
- dispirited
- cheerless
- elegiac
- low-spirited
- lachrymose
- woeful
- joyless
- heartsick
- spiritless
- mopey
- comfortless
- sombre
- somber
- damp
- dire
- crestfallen
- solemn
- passionate
- shattered
- low
- gloom
- saturnine
- sunless
- querulous
- lumpish
- infelicitous
- funereal
- grief-stricken
- drear
- chapfallen
- ruthful
- disheartened
- plutonic
Melancholy as in “sad”
adjective: characterized by or causing or expressing sadness
- sad
- sadness
- grief
- sorrow
- woe
- unhappiness
- dejection
- depression
- misery
- melancholic
- melancholia
- despondency
- wretchedness
- downheartedness
- sorrowfulness
- infelicity
- sorry
- pensive
- regret
- rueful
- thoughtful
- anguish
- poignant
- desolation
- heartache
- distress
- bitterness
- despair
- mirthless
- dolefulness
- blueness
- forlornness
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