melancholy
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He says he understands their melancholy, as he finds Christmas depressing and annually looks forward to its end.
From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026
But Mr. Hunter’s economy of means, which extends to often terse or quiet dialogue undergirded by melancholy subtext, only enhances the tenderness and humanity of his writing.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
And yet for all this success, a persistent melancholy stalked the writer.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
He scored a Top 20 hit in 2012 with the melancholy single Overload.
From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026
“I am at a loss to explain the melancholy that settled over me on that victorious night,” he later wrote.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
Vocabulary lists containing melancholy
"The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe
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