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melancholy

[mel-uhn-kol-ee] / ˈmɛl ənˌkɒl i /




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Rather, it is a riveting, haunting, incisive and melancholy document that provides the ultimate example of a writer bearing witness and holding evil to account.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

And yet for all this success, a persistent melancholy stalked the writer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

But while her previous pictures never shied away from tenderness despite their outré scenarios, her latest is a far more melancholy affair.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

He scored a Top 20 hit in 2012 with the melancholy single Overload.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

And then, just as Vincent has done when feeling sick and melancholy, Theo remembers the past and their bond.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman




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