Associations to the word «Melancholia»

Wiktionary

MELANCHOLIA, noun. Deep sadness or gloom; melancholy
MELANCHOLIA, noun. Clinical depression, characterised by irrational fears, guilt and apathy

Dictionary definition

MELANCHOLIA, noun. Extreme depression characterized by tearful sadness and irrational fears.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King