melancholy
Meaning
adj : characterized by or causing or expressing sadness; "growingmore melancholy every hour"; "her melancholic smile";
"we acquainted him with the melancholy truth" [syn: melancholic]
n 1: a feeling of thoughtful sadness
2: a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed
3: a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys
or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy [syn: black
bile]