Melancholy and Play

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Melancholy

Melancholy noun - A state or spell of low spirits.
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Play is an antonym for melancholy.
Nearby Words: melancholic, melancholia

Play

Play noun - Activity engaged in to amuse oneself.
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Melancholy is an antonym for play in amusement topic.
Nearby Words: played, playful, player, playfulness, playing
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poor poor melancholy poor play
titular titular melancholy titular play

Both words in one sentence

  • Tales of Vesperia has a melancholy musicbox play during the Player Punch fight of Yuri VS Estelle.
    Source: Ironic Nursery Tune
  • Film / Her Early in the film, he even instructs his computer to find a "melancholy song" to play.
    Source: Film / Her
  • He makes increasingly agressive innuendo in the play, leading to his descent into melancholy and insanity after her murder.
    Source: Theatre / The Duchess of Malfi
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Antonyms for melancholy


Antonyms for play

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