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melancholy

adjective
  1. grave or even gloomy in character
    somber
  2. characterized by or causing or expressing sadness
    “growing more melancholy every hour”
    melancholic
noun
  1. a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy
    black bile
  2. a feeling of thoughtful sadness
  3. a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed