melancholic in the PONS Dictionary

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Peel referred to the band's dark and melancholic sound as darkwave.
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Nevertheless, she reverted to melancholic, jilted love songs that ultimately did not go well with the public's taste.
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Four elements (earth, air, fire and water) combine into complexion, which combines into states (the four temperaments: sanguine, phlegmatic, choleric, and melancholic).
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This album is slow, mellow, moody, melancholic, and heavily atmospheric.
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The speaker of the poem invokes a melancholic mood main character wanders through an urban environment and the descriptions are reminiscent of medieval settings.
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The use of mythological and literary references are common traits in the lyrics, which sometimes can be construed as dark, almost melancholic.
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The ancient idea of "melancholia" still survives in the notion of a melancholic subtype.
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Sometimes stressful situations can trigger episodes of melancholic depression, though this is a contributing cause rather than a necessary or sufficient cause.
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He painted landscapes, still life, and flowers with sweet and melancholic shades, usually giving them away to relations and friends.
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Our artwork and song is a tribute to a melancholic beauty that can never be replicated.
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