Melancholy vs Lonely - What's the difference?
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Affected with great sadness or depression.
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, chapter=1 (historical) Black bile, formerly thought to be one of the four "cardinal humours" of animal bodies.
*, Bk.I, New York 2001, p.148:
Great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature.
* 1593 , (William Shakespeare), , V. i. 34:
Unhappy because of feelings of loneliness.
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, title= unfrequented by people; desolate.
without companions; solitary.
As adjectives the difference between melancholy and lonely
is that melancholy is affected with great sadness or depression while lonely is unhappy because of feelings of loneliness.As a noun melancholy
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Synonyms
* (thoughtful sadness) (l) * See alsoNoun
(melancholies)- 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.
- My mind was troubled with deep melancholy .
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