Definitions For Melancholy
noun
- A humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy
- A feeling of thoughtful sadness
- A constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed
- A sad mood or feeling
adjective
- Grave or even gloomy in character
- Characterized by or causing or expressing sadness
Is Melancholy a Scrabble Word?
Words With Friends
YES
Scrabble US
YES
Scrabble UK
YES
English International (SOWPODS)
YES
Scrabble Global
YES
Enable1 Dictionary
YES
Points in Different Games
Scrabble
20
Words with Friends
23
The word Melancholy is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends
Examples of Melancholy in a Sentence
- The bleakness of winter sometimes gives me cause for melancholy
- She was in a melancholy mood.
- He became quiet and melancholy as the hours slowly passed.