melancholia

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (countable, uncountable) Deep sadness or gloom; melancholy
2. (countable, uncountable) depression, characterised by irrational fears, guilt and apathy

Concepten

melancholie

zwaarmoedigheid

droefgeestigheid

weemoed

dofheid

lusteloosheid

matheid

mistroostigheid

moeheid

ontsteltenis

somberheid

stilstand

traagheid

verbijstering

vermoeidheid

vermoeienis

verslagenheid

wezenloosheid

afmatting

loomheid

moedeloosheid

slapheid

slapte

aftrek

vadsigheid

apathie

bedroefdheid

consternatie

Synoniemen

melancholy

depression

spleen

gloom

dejection

sadness

hypochondria

indolence

lifelessness

megrim

megrims

sale

sombreness

sorrow

subtraction

weakness

weariness

depair

apathy

fatigue

grief

black bile

alarm

lypemania

consternation

deduction

demand

despondency

dismay

exhaustion

Vertalingen

mélancolie

melancolía

malinconia

Melancholie

μελαγχολία

melancolia

abattement

melankoli

maestitia

ملنخوليا

Wehmut

Trübsinn

αθημία

Schwermut

Etymologie (Engels)

From Late Latin melancholia, which was in turn borrowed from the Ancient Greek medical term μελαγχολία (melankholía, “blackness of the bile”), from μέλας (mélas), μελαν- (melan-, “black, dark, murky”) + χολή (kholḗ, “bile”). Doublet of melancholy.