melancholy /'melәnkɒli/
Meaning
English definition
- (n.) a feeling of thoughtful sadness
- (n.) a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed
- (adj.) characterized by or causing or expressing sadness
Chinese translation
- n. 忧郁, 悲哀, 愁思
- a. 忧郁的, 使人悲伤的, 愁思的
Word details
- Part of speech
- noun / adjective
- Pronunciation
- /'melәnkɒli/
- Syllables
- 4
- Exam levels
- CET-6 · TOEFL · IELTS · GRE
- Frequency
- Zipf 3.39 · Super Super Rare
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