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Detailed Translations for melancholy from English to French

melancholy:

melancholy [the ~] nom

  1. the melancholy (dejection; depression)
    la mélancolie; la grisaille; la morosité; la tristesse; le pessimisme
  2. the melancholy (sadness)
    le spleen; la tristesse; la mélancolie
  3. the melancholy (dejection; mournfulness; sorrow; )
    la détresse; la désolation; la tristesse; l'affliction; la mélancolie
  4. the melancholy (despondency; depression; dejection; depression of spirits)
    la morosité; le désespoir; la tristesse; le découragement; la mélancolie; la désespérance
  5. the melancholy (sadness; sorrow)
    le chagrin; la tristesse

Translation Matrix for melancholy:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
affliction dejection; depression; melancholy; mournfulness; regret; sadness; sorrow; wistfulness annoyance; chagrin; distress; grief; mournfulness; sadness; sorrow; vexation
chagrin melancholy; sadness; sorrow alarm; annoyance; anxiety; chagrin; concern; distress; grief; miser; mournfulness; sadness; sorrow; sourpuss; uneasiness; vexation; worry
découragement dejection; depression; depression of spirits; despondency; melancholy discouragement
désespoir dejection; depression; depression of spirits; despondency; melancholy desolation; despair; desperation; despondency
désespérance dejection; depression; depression of spirits; despondency; melancholy dejectedness; despair; desperation; despondency; gloom; somberness; sombreness
désolation dejection; depression; melancholy; mournfulness; regret; sadness; sorrow; wistfulness desolation; loneliness; mournfulness; sadness; sorrow
détresse dejection; depression; melancholy; mournfulness; regret; sadness; sorrow; wistfulness adversity; bad luck; destitution; disaster; grief; helplessness; misfortune; mournfulness; necessity; need; reverse; sadness; sorrow; trouble
grisaille dejection; depression; melancholy achromaticity; achromatism; blandness; boredom; drabness; dullness; greyness; monotony; paleness; sallowness; sameness; uniformity
morosité dejection; depression; depression of spirits; despondency; melancholy blandness; bleakness; dejectedness; despair; desperation; despondency; drabness; dullness; gloom; moodiness; somberness; sombreness
mélancolie dejection; depression; depression of spirits; despondency; melancholy; mournfulness; regret; sadness; sorrow; wistfulness dejectedness; despair; desperation; despondency; gloom; grief; sadness; somberness; sombreness; sorrow
mélancolique melancholic
pessimisme dejection; depression; melancholy pessimism
spleen melancholy; sadness
tristesse dejection; depression; depression of spirits; despondency; melancholy; mournfulness; regret; sadness; sorrow; wistfulness alarm; annoyance; anxiety; blandness; bleakness; chagrin; concern; dejectedness; desolation; despair; desperation; despondency; distress; drabness; dullness; gloom; grief; misery; misfortune; mournfulness; pitifulness; sadness; somberness; sombreness; sorrow; squalor; trouble; uneasiness; vexation; worry
- black bile
AdjectiveRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- melancholic; somber; sombre
OtherRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- gloom
ModifierRelated TranslationsOther Translations
avec mélancolie melancholy
chagrin melancholic; nostalgic; pensive; sad; wistful
mélancolique melancholy cheerless; drab; dreary; dull; full of worries; gloomy; grey; joyless; melancholic; morbid; nasty; nauseous; nostalgic; pensive; pessimistic; sad; sick; sickly; splenetic; wistful
mélancoliquement melancholy melancholic; sad; wistful

Related Words for "melancholy":

  • melancholies

Synonyms for "melancholy":


Related Definitions for "melancholy":

  1. grave or even gloomy in character1
  2. characterized by or causing or expressing sadness1
    • growing more melancholy every hour1
    • we acquainted him with the melancholy truth1
  3. a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy1
  4. a feeling of thoughtful sadness1
  5. a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed1

Wiktionary Translations for melancholy:

melancholy
noun
  1. Sadness or depression
adjective
  1. Affected with sadness or depression
melancholy
Cross Translation:
FromToVia
melancholy mélancolique melancholiek — met droevige gedachten aan de dagen van weleer
melancholy mélancolie Melancholie — Zustand der Schwermut oder Depression, psychische Niedergeschlagenheit, große Traurigkeit; Begriff aus der Viersäftelehre (Humoralpathologie)
melancholy mélancolie Wehmut — eine nach innen gekehrte, traurige Grundstimmung