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меланхоличен — meaning in English

melanholichen

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English meaning

  • gloomy adj Dark and dim, especially in a way that feels depressing.
  • melancholic adjective Feeling or showing deep, often thoughtful sadness.
  • morbid adj Having an unhealthy interest in death, disease, or other disturbing subjects.
  • overcast noun A sky completely covered by cloud.
  • wistful adjective Filled with a gentle sadness or longing, especially for something in the past.

Senses

меланхоличен is used for these senses in English:

  • gloomy Suffering from gloom; melancholy; dejected.
  • melancholic Filled with or affected by melancholy—great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature.
  • morbid (by extension) Taking an interest in, or fixating on, unhealthy or unwholesome subjects such as death, decay, disease. [from 1770s]
  • overcast (figuratively) In a state of depression; gloomy; melancholy.
  • wistful Sad and thoughtful.

gloomy — full definition

  1. adj Dark and dim, especially in a way that feels depressing.
  2. adj Sad, pessimistic, or without hope.

melancholic — full definition

  1. adjective Feeling or showing deep, often thoughtful sadness.
  2. noun A person who is habitually sad or given to melancholy.

Related Bulgarian words