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malinconico — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • blue adjective Having the colour of a clear daytime sky.
  • brooding adj Deeply, often gloomily thoughtful.
  • dreary adj Dull, gloomy, and depressing.
  • lonely adjective Sad because of feeling isolated from other people.
  • melancholic adjective Feeling or showing deep, often thoughtful sadness.
  • sulky adjective Silent and bad-tempered, especially after being upset about something.
  • wistful adjective Filled with a gentle sadness or longing, especially for something in the past.

Senses

malinconico is used for these senses in English:

  • blue (informal) Depressed, melancholic, sad.
  • brooding Deeply or seriously thoughtful.
  • dreary Drab; dark, colorless, or cheerless.
  • lonely Unhappy due to feeling isolated from contact with other people.
  • lonely (of a, place or time) Unfrequented by people; desolate.
  • melancholic Filled with or affected by melancholy—great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature.
  • sulky (often, derogatory) silent and withdrawn after being upset
  • wistful Full of longing or yearning.

blue — full definition

  1. adjective Having the colour of a clear daytime sky.
  2. adjective Sad or depressed.
  3. noun The colour itself, between green and violet on the spectrum.
  4. noun A member of a police force, sports team, or political party associated with the colour blue (informal, often plural as "blues").

brooding — full definition

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

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