melancholy

As adjectives the difference between cynic and melancholy

is that cynic is cynical (in all senses while melancholy is affected with great sadness or depression.

As nouns the difference between cynic and melancholy

is that cynic is a person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness while melancholy is black bile, formerly thought to be one of the four "cardinal humours" of animal bodies.

As a proper noun Cynic

is a member of a sect of Ancient Greek philosophers who believed virtue to be the only good and self-control to be the only means of achieving virtue.

As nouns the difference between melancholy and insomnia

is that melancholy is (historical) black bile, formerly thought to be one of the four "cardinal humours" of animal bodies while insomnia is (label).

As an adjective melancholy

is affected with great sadness or depression.

As adjectives the difference between sullen and melancholy

is that sullen is having a brooding ill temper; sulky while melancholy is affected with great sadness or depression.

As nouns the difference between sullen and melancholy

is that sullen is one who is solitary, or lives alone; a hermit while melancholy is black bile, formerly thought to be one of the four "cardinal humours" of animal bodies.

As nouns the difference between poignancy and melancholy

is that poignancy is the quality of being poignant while melancholy is black bile, formerly thought to be one of the four "cardinal humours" of animal bodies.

As an adjective melancholy is

affected with great sadness or depression.

As nouns the difference between melancholy and dysphoria

is that melancholy is black bile, formerly thought to be one of the four "cardinal humours" of animal bodies while dysphoria is a state of feeling unwell or unhappy; a feeling of emotional and mental discomfort and suffering from restlessness, malaise, depression or anxiety.

As an adjective melancholy

is affected with great sadness or depression.

As nouns the difference between melancholy and longing

is that melancholy is black bile, formerly thought to be one of the four "cardinal humours" of animal bodies while longing is an earnest and deep, not greatly passionate, but rather melancholic desire.

As an adjective melancholy

is affected with great sadness or depression.

As a verb longing is

present participle of lang=en.

Ruin is a related term of melancholy.

As nouns the difference between ruin and melancholy

is that ruin is while melancholy is (historical) black bile, formerly thought to be one of the four "cardinal humours" of animal bodies.

As an adjective melancholy is

affected with great sadness or depression.

Melancholy is a related term of disheartened.

As adjectives the difference between melancholy and disheartened

is that melancholy is affected with great sadness or depression while disheartened is discouraged, despairing.

As a noun melancholy

is (historical) black bile, formerly thought to be one of the four "cardinal humours" of animal bodies.

As a verb disheartened is

(dishearten).

Melancholy is a related term of sad_gloomy.

Fatal is a related term of melancholy.

As adjectives the difference between fatal and melancholy

is that fatal is proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny while melancholy is affected with great sadness or depression.

As nouns the difference between fatal and melancholy

is that fatal is a fatality; an event that leads to death while melancholy is (historical) black bile, formerly thought to be one of the four "cardinal humours" of animal bodies.