noun
1.
a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause.
"an air of melancholy surrounded him"
synonyms: desolation, sadness, pensiveness, woe, sorrow, melancholia; More
antonyms: cheerfulness, happiness
another term for melancholia (as a mental condition).
historical
another term for black bile.
adjective
adjective: melancholy
1.
having a feeling of melancholy; sad and pensive.
"she felt a little melancholy"
synonyms: sad, sorrowful, desolate, melancholic, mournful, lugubrious, gloomy, pensive; More