Antonyms for melancholic

Grammar : Adj

Spell : mel-uh n-kol-ik

Phonetic Transcription : ˌmɛl ənˈkɒl ɪk

Definition of melancholic

Origin : late 14c., from melancholy + -ic, or else from Late Latin melancholicus, from Greek melankholikos "choleric," from melankholia "sadness" (see melancholy). As a noun, from 1580s. Earlier adjective formation was melancholian (mid-14c.), and melancholiac (mid-19c.) also was tried.

adj depressed

Example sentences :

The captain was a clever, melancholic man, who had no unusual grip on his crew.
Extract from : « Falk » by Joseph Conrad

This is the melancholic temperament, which does not shrink from the most profound inquiry.
Extract from : « Six Centuries of Painting » by Randall Davies

My dear Madam, I am really getting too serious, philosophic, and melancholic.
Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 » by Various

She watched Paul growing irritable, priggish, and melancholic.
Extract from : « Sons and Lovers » by David Herbert Lawrence

But he fretted so, got so furious suddenly, and again was melancholic.
Extract from : « Sons and Lovers » by David Herbert Lawrence

If my temper be melancholic, melancholy has a happiness of its own.
Extract from : « Kenelm Chillingly, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

He was one of the most complete specimens of the melancholic temperament.
Extract from : « Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 6 of 8 » by Various

The rest of it is arid, rugged, and of a melancholic aspect.
Extract from : « The March of Portol » by Zoeth S. Eldredge and E. J. Molera

This turned in his later years into a melancholic temperament.
Extract from : « The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn, Volume 1 » by Elizabeth Bisland

One person could be at once bilious, melancholic and lymphatic.
Extract from : « The Influence of the Stars » by Rosa Baughan

Synonyms for melancholic

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