Injured vs Melancholy - What's the difference?

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Injured is a related term of melancholy.

As a verb injured

is (injure).

As an adjective melancholy is

affected with great sadness or depression.

As a noun melancholy is

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

injured

English

Verb

(head)

(injure)

Usage notes

* Nouns to which "injured" is often applied: man, woman, child, worker, employee, patient, athlete, player, driver, passenger, victim, animal, horse, dog, bird, body, knee, ankle, back, muscle, tissue, leg, arm, hand, foot, head, eye, feelings.

melancholy

English

Adjective

(en adjective)

Affected with great sadness or depression.

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Synonyms

* (thoughtful sadness) (l) * See also

Noun

(melancholies)

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

*, Bk.I, New York 2001, p.148:

Melancholy , cold and dry, thick, black, and sour,is a bridle to the other two hot humours, blood and choler, preserving them in the blood, and nourishing the bones.

Great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature.

* 1593 , (William Shakespeare), , V. i. 34:

My mind was troubled with deep melancholy .