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melancholous

melancholous adjective: melancholic.

Adjective

melancholous (comparative more melancholous, superlative most melancholous)

  1. melancholic

Forms of melancholous

comparativemore melancholous
superlativemost melancholous

Questions about melancholous

What does melancholous mean?
Melancholous means melancholic.
What part of speech is melancholous?
Melancholous is an adjective.

Words near melancholous in the dictionary

  1. melancholized
  2. melancholizes
  3. melancholizing
  4. melanchollies
  5. melancholly
  6. melancholous
  7. melancholy
  8. melancholy thistle
  9. melancholy thistles
  10. Melanchthon
  11. Melanchthonian

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