Synonyms for melancholy | melancholy synonyms

melancholic (adjective)

Synonyms:

pensive, thoughtful.

mournful (adjective)

Synonyms:

sad, sorrowful, depressing, doleful, woeful.

gloomy (adjective)

somber (adjective)

Synonyms:

sombre.

dreary (noun)

Synonyms:

gloom, dismal, bleak.

despondency (noun)

Synonyms:

dejection, discouragement.

sadness (noun)

Synonyms:

anguish, sorrow, angst, grief.

depression (noun)

Synonyms:

melancholia.

longing (noun)

Synonyms:

yearning.

despondent (adjective)

Synonyms:

dejected.

blues (noun)

Synonyms:

doldrums.

depressed (adjective)

boredom (noun)

Synonyms:

ennui, dreariness.

miserable (adjective)

Synonyms:

unhappy.

rueful, wistful, very sad, homesickness, nostalgia, longingly, wistfully, sadly, grieve,