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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