Melancholy

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NOUN

a feeling of thoughtful sadness

a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed

a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy

ADJ

characterized by or causing or expressing sadness

grave or even gloomy in character

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