MELANCHOLIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does melancholia mean? 

• MELANCHOLIA (noun)
  The noun MELANCHOLIA has 1 sense:

1. extreme depression characterized by tearful sadness and irrational fears

  Familiarity information: MELANCHOLIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MELANCHOLIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Extreme depression characterized by tearful sadness and irrational fears

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("melancholia" is a kind of...):

depression (a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity)

Derivation:

melancholic (characterized by or causing or expressing sadness)