Monday, December 7, 2015

melancholy

melancholy    [Mel-uh n-kol-ee] 

noun.  a gloomy state of mind, beyond sadness; depression.

"There is no better way to lift a melancholy mood than to take a walk outside."

"If you have heard the melancholy cry of the mourning dove, you might wonder: Do birds grieve for their loved ones?"

"The bleakness of winter sometimes gives me cause for melancholy."

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