melancholy

Sadness or depression of the spirits; gloom.

Pensive reflection or contemplation.

Black bile.

An emotional state characterized by sullenness and outbreaks of violent anger, believed to arise from an excess of black bile.

Feeling, showing, or expressing depression of the spirits; sad or dejected. synonym: sad.

Causing or tending to cause sadness or gloom.

Pensive; thoughtful.

Same as melancholia; in old use, insanity of any kind.

A gloomy state of mind, particularly when habitual or of considerable duration; depression of spirits arising from grief or natural disposition; dejection; sadness. Also, in technical use, melancholia.