Sorrowful vs Melancholy - What's the difference?
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Of a person, full of sorrow; exhibiting sorrow; sad; dejected; distressed; distraught.
Producing sorrow; exciting grief; mournful; lamentable; grievous.
* 1900 , L. Frank Baum , The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Chapter 23
Affected with great sadness or depression.
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*, Bk.I, New York 2001, p.148:
Great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature.
* 1593 , (William Shakespeare), , V. i. 34:
Melancholy is a synonym of sorrowful.
As adjectives the difference between sorrowful and melancholy
is that sorrowful is of a person, full of sorrow; exhibiting sorrow; sad; dejected; distressed; distraught while melancholy is affected with great sadness or depression.As a noun melancholy is
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(en adjective)- sorrowful accident
- She threw her arms around the Lion's neck and kissed him, patting his big head tenderly. Then she kissed the Tin Woodman, who was weeping in a way most dangerous to his joints. But she hugged the soft, stuffed body of the Scarecrow in her arms instead of kissing his painted face, and found she was crying herself at this sorrowful parting from her loving comrades.
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* See also * mournful, lamentable, grievous * See alsoExternal links
* *melancholy
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Adjective
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* (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 .