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Melancholy
/ˈmɛlənkɑːli/ adjective mediumFilled with a thoughtful, lingering sadness.
A melancholy mood settled over the graduates as they said goodbye to classrooms they had known for four years.
Memory Trick
Ancient physicians blamed sadness on 'black bile' ('melan-' = black, '-choly' = bile) — melancholy still carries that old sense of a dark, heavy mood.