Definition of melancholia Melancholia
mel•an•cho•li•a
We found 5 definitions of melancholia from 4 different sources.
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What does melancholia mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: melancholias |
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| melancholia - extreme depression characterized by tearful sadness and irrational fears | ||
| depression pushing down; "depression of the space bar on the typewriter" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- melancholia (Noun)
Deep sadness or gloom; melancholy. - melancholia (Noun)
clinical Clinical depression , characterised by irrational fears, guilt and apathy.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- melancholia (n.)
A kind of mental unsoundness characterized by extreme depression of spirits, ill-grounded fears, delusions, and brooding over one particular subject or train of ideas.
Part of speech
🔤- melancholia, noun, singular of melancholias.
