Melancholy and Pleasing

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Melancholy adjective - Causing unhappiness.

Usage example: the melancholy thought of having to say good-bye to all the friends he had made over the summer

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Pleasing is an antonym for melancholy.

Nearby Words: melancholic, melancholia

Pleasing adjective - Giving pleasure or contentment to the mind or senses.

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Melancholy is an antonym for pleasing.

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Pleasing and Melancholy. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/melancholy/pleasing

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