Definitions for melancholic

melancholic mel·an·chol·ic

Spelling: [mel-uh n-kol-ik]
IPA: /ˌmɛl ənˈkɒl ɪk/

Melancholic is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 20 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 25 points.

You can make 778 anagrams from letters in melancholic (accehillmno).

Definitions for melancholic

adjective

  1. disposed to or affected with melancholy; gloomy.
  2. of, relating to, or affected with melancholia.

Origin of melancholic

1350-1400; Middle English melancolik Latin melancholicus Greek melancholikós. See melancholy, -ic

Examples for melancholic

Maintaining tight eye contact, the butlers pluck out audience members for a gripping, melancholic dance.

For us, this is Louis C.K. and his crabby, melancholic, and profanely funny half-hour comedy.

The captain was a clever, melancholic man, who had no unusual grip on his crew.

This is the melancholic temperament, which does not shrink from the most profound inquiry.

She watched Paul growing irritable, priggish, and melancholic.

My dear Madam, I am really getting too serious, philosophic, and melancholic.

Taylor had recently broken off an engagement with the actress Neva Gerber, who complained of his melancholic moods.

This ungainly man soon percolated in my own melancholic imagination.

But he fretted so, got so furious suddenly, and again was melancholic.

At first blush, it brings to mind the sultry, melancholic croon of Lana Del Rey.

Word Value for melancholic
Scrable

20

Words with friends

25

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