Melancholic is an English word with synonyms like melancholy or sad. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Melancholic in a sentence
Melancholic meaning
- Filled with or affected by melancholy—great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature.
- Pertaining to black bile (melancholy).
- Pertaining to the melancholic temperament or its associated personality traits.
Synonyms of Melancholic
Using Melancholic
- The main meaning on this page is: Filled with or affected by melancholy—great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature. | Pertaining to black bile (melancholy). | Pertaining to the melancholic temperament or its associated personality traits.
- Useful related words include: melancholy, sad, melancholiac, depressive.
- In the example corpus, melancholic often appears in combinations such as: and melancholic, the melancholic, melancholic and.
Context around Melancholic
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 9 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Melancholic
- In this selection, "melancholic" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, sometimes, horrendous, suffering, tone, character and throughout stand out and add context to how "melancholic" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a horrendous melancholic fate for and a simple melancholic story of. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "melancholic" sits close to words such as aapl, abattoir and adjei, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with melancholic
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The record encapsulates his melancholic feelings of loneliness, nostalgia, and change. (11 words)
Shundere characters are commonly portrayed to be sad or melancholic throughout the series. (13 words)
There's a here, but Laurent's brushstrokes come from a melancholic hand. (13 words)
I played the bamboo flute those days and there were plenty sold along the way and by the time I reached the sea, I played a tune and whoever it was who was with me, shivered with the melancholic tune. (40 words)
Sited in the Hirshhorn’s sculpture garden on the National Mall, the candles will stand as recognizable beacons: twinned totems with a resolute yet melancholic presence that calls to national memory and unity. (33 words)
Henry died in Broadmoor Asylum aged 51 in 1925, with reports saying he had been "maniacal and violent" when first admitted to the asylum, before sinking into a melancholic state. (30 words)
Example sentences (20)
Henry died in Broadmoor Asylum aged 51 in 1925, with reports saying he had been "maniacal and violent" when first admitted to the asylum, before sinking into a melancholic state.
His distinctive deep baritone voice with its melancholic tone is still full of strength and power.
King Charles III is described as a sensitive, spiritual, sometimes melancholic character, with a strong social conscience.
Shundere characters are commonly portrayed to be sad or melancholic throughout the series.
The record encapsulates his melancholic feelings of loneliness, nostalgia, and change.
Whether to be electrocuted into a pulpy mess or ignored completely, it's a horrendous, melancholic fate for him either way.
I played the bamboo flute those days and there were plenty sold along the way and by the time I reached the sea, I played a tune and whoever it was who was with me, shivered with the melancholic tune.
Morrison writes that the unpublished letters and diaries from Tchaikovsky’s contemporaries portray a side to him that has been “excluded from the conventional and misleading suffering melancholic narrative”.
On one level, it’s a simple, melancholic story of two people walking across a small patch of England and their quotidian concerns – the blistered feet, the conversational dead ends.
There's a here, but Laurent's brushstrokes come from a melancholic hand.
Adil Afsar’s cinematography is a half-baked attempt of capturing the melancholic feel of Mumbai at night, something achieved by C Vijayasri (cinematographer) in Ek Chalis Ki Last Local.
Despite its initial melancholic instrumentals, Miller expresses his hope of building a connection with someone and eventually starting a family.
From there, the show becomes an intriguing, funny, thrilling, yet also somber and melancholic exploration of humanity, religion, and grief.
Himesh Patel certainly fits Curtis’ archetype of melancholic and self-deprecating male protagonists, but also leaves a strong impression with his beautiful singing voice and stage presence.
It is a very pivotal song to the film’s storyline and has a melancholic effect on the listener.
Shelley (Claire Woolner) narrates while her characters sing arias in melancholic tunes, the performers giving unconventional vocalizations.
Sited in the Hirshhorn’s sculpture garden on the National Mall, the candles will stand as recognizable beacons: twinned totems with a resolute yet melancholic presence that calls to national memory and unity.
The combination of soft melodies, skilled piano-playing and introspective lyrics tinged with melancholic themes won over the hearts of fans worldwide.
This melancholic, introspective look at space may be a million miles away from Nolan or Kubrick but it really hits the mark.
It all makes it so much easier to buy into this mysterious melancholic side story of waking up the desert island Wind Fish.
Common combinations with melancholic
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: