What does melancholious mean?
Melancholious means (obsolete) melancholy.
Melancholious
Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Meaning
(obsolete) melancholy.
Example Sentences
however flat and melancholious it [marriage] be
O, a’ ye Bards on bonie Doon! / An’ vvha on Ayr your chanters tune! / Come, join the melancholious croon / O’ Robin’s reed! / His heart vvill never get aboon! / His Mailie’s dead!
Synonyms for melancholious
Antonyms for melancholious
Related Words
Word Forms
- more melancholious
- most melancholious
Usage Notes
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How do you use melancholious in a sentence?
however flat and melancholious it [marriage] be
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