Melancholic
Melancholic adjective - Feeling unhappiness.
Usage example: she becomes quite melancholic when she reflects on all the lost opportunities of her life
Wretched and melancholic are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wretched" instead an adjective "Melancholic".
Nearby Words: melancholy, melancholia
Wretched
Wretched adjective - Causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer.
Usage example: lived alone in a wretched room in a run-down hotel
Melancholic and wretched are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Melancholic" instead an adjective "Wretched".
Nearby Words: wretch, wretchedly
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- low and melancholic
- low and wretched
- down and melancholic
- down and wretched
- melancholy and melancholic
- melancholy and wretched
- woeful and melancholic
- woeful and wretched
- downcast and melancholic
- downcast and wretched
- dejected and melancholic
- dejected and wretched
- depressed and melancholic
- depressed and wretched
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