Melancholic

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

A person who is habitually melancholy.

Equivalents

Españolmelancólico

Françaismélancolique

DeutschMelancholiker Melancholikerin melancholischschwermütig

27 more languages

العربيةسوداوي

Bosanskimelankolik

Catalàmalenconiós melancòlic

Češtinamelancholický těžkomyslný trudnomyslnýzádumčivý

Ελληνικάμελαγχολικός

Esperantomelankolia melankoliulo

Suomialakuloinen apea haikeamelankolikko melankolinen surumielinen

Gaeilgedúchroíoch

Gàidhligcianalas dubhachas èisleanmulad truime tùirse

Galegomelancólico

עבריתדכדוך

Hrvatskimelankolik

Magyarbúskomor

Italianomalinconico melancolico

日本語憂鬱な鬱病の

ქართულინაღვლიანი სევდიანი

Latinamaestus melancholicus

Lëtzebuergeschmelancholesch

Nederlandsdroevig melancholisch

Polskimelancholiczka melancholiczny melancholijnymelancholik posmętnieć smętnieć

Portuguêsmelancólico

Românămelancolic

Русскиймеланхо́лик меланхоли́ческий меланхоли́чный

Српскиmelankolik

Svenskamelankoliker melankolisk

Tagaloglukulok

Türkçehüzünlü Kederli melankolik

Examples

“Kafka, Hart Crane, Jackson Pollock, Tennessee Williams, Mark ⟳ Rothko, melancholics all, so why shouldn’t we accept ⟳ our own ⟳ bleakness and take ⟳ long walks in the winter woods and look ⟳ at the gnarled limbs of trees and struggle ⟳ with the inscrutable and accept ⟳ the beauty of permanent turmoil?”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
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See also

Melancholically melancholie Melancholiness melancholist melancholly Melancholy

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