melancholy
/ˈmɛl.ənˌkɑ.li/ adjective C2- Affected with great sadness or depression. · Melancholy people don't talk much.
- Suggestive of wistfulness or subdued emotion.
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“I wish I hadn’t mentioned Dinah!” she said to herself in a melancholy tone.
“Well, I’ve tried to say “How doth the little busy bee,” but it all came different!” Alice replied in a very melancholy voice.
“What trial is it?” Alice panted as she ran; but the Gryphon only answered “Come on!” and ran the faster, while more and more faintly came, carried on the breeze that followed them, the melancholy words:—
“Well, if I must, I must,” the King said, with a melancholy air, and, after folding his arms and frowning at the cook till his eyes were nearly out of sight, he said in a deep voice, “What are tarts made of?”
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