melancholic
adjective C2- Filled with or affected by melancholy—great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature.
- Pertaining to black bile (melancholy).
- Pertaining to the melancholic temperament or its associated personality traits.
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This acoustic music featured intricate fingerpicking and soaring, melancholic melodies that reflected the harsh realities of agricultural life.
Eleanor read the paragraph aloud, letting the syllables roll off her tongue to ensure the cadence matched the author’s melancholic undertone.
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