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μελαγχολικός — meaning in English

melancholikos

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English meaning

  • brooding adj Deeply, often gloomily thoughtful.
  • desolate adj Empty and bleak, with no people or life around; also, extremely sad and without hope.
  • melancholic adjective Feeling or showing deep, often thoughtful sadness.

Senses

μελαγχολικός is used for these senses in English:

  • brooding Deeply or seriously thoughtful.
  • desolate Dismal or dreary.
  • melancholic Filled with or affected by melancholy—great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature.

brooding — full definition

  1. adj Deeply, often gloomily thoughtful.
  2. noun A period of dwelling moodily on one's thoughts.

desolate — full definition

  1. adj Empty and bleak, with no people or life around; also, extremely sad and without hope.
  2. verb To make a place empty of people or life; to devastate.

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