melancholy
Example Sentences
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"My life is a broken roller coaster, but maybe I'm the only one to blame," they sing on the melancholy Merry Go Round.
From BBC
Then we would sing, haunting, melancholy desert music.
From Literature
He scored a Top 20 hit in 2012 with the melancholy single Overload.
From BBC
Eating the chicken should have been a celebration, a great luxury, but we were both melancholy.
From Literature
That elegant dance matches what we see on stage, the kabuki performances melding melancholy and beauty, anguish and catharsis.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
