Down
Down adjective - Feeling unhappiness.
Usage example: feeling a bit down
Melancholic is a synonym for down in happy topic. In some cases you can use "Melancholic" instead an adjective "Down".
Nearby Word: downed
Melancholic
Melancholic adjective - Feeling unhappiness.
Usage example: she becomes quite melancholic when she reflects on all the lost opportunities of her life
Down is a synonym for melancholic in depressed topic. You can use "Down" instead an adjective "Melancholic", if it concerns topics such as happy.
Nearby Words: melancholy, melancholia
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- The song did at least slow down and become more melancholic during and right after the death of Kala and Kerchak's son.
Source: Downer Beginning -
Lyrical Dissonance: Build That Wall is a slow, melancholic song, but a strong case could be made for the lyrics being written by the Ura about one day taking down Caelondia.
Source: Video Game / Bastion -
Melancholic in nature, it details Diana's life with Sara as the girl grows up, goes to college and settles down with a family, all with Diana as part of it.
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Melancholic and Down. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 28, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/down/melancholic
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