Melancholic
Melancholic adjective - Feeling unhappiness.
Usage example: she becomes quite melancholic when she reflects on all the lost opportunities of her life
Sorrowful and melancholic are semantically related In some cases you can use "Sorrowful" instead an adjective "Melancholic".
Nearby Words: melancholy, melancholia
Sorrowful
Sorrowful adjective - Feeling unhappiness.
Usage example: the cult seemed to be a sorrowful assemblage of emotionally scarred people seeking love and redemption
Melancholic and sorrowful are semantically related in sad topic. Sometimes you can use "Melancholic" instead an adjective "Sorrowful".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- low and melancholic
- low and sorrowful
- down and melancholic
- down and sorrowful
- melancholy and melancholic
- melancholy and sorrowful
- dismal and melancholic
- dismal and sorrowful
- woeful and melancholic
- woeful and sorrowful
- dejected and melancholic
- dejected and sorrowful
- depressed and melancholic
- depressed and sorrowful
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