All 4 Uses
melancholy
in
A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens
(Edited)
- Scrooge took his melancholy dinner in his usual melancholy tavern;
p. 14.1 *melancholy = sad or depressing
- Scrooge took his melancholy dinner in his usual melancholy tavern;
p. 14.1
- He spoke before the hour bell sounded, which it now did with a deep, dull, hollow, melancholy ONE.
p. 31.5melancholy = sad
- It opened before them, and disclosed a long, bare, melancholy room, made barer still by lines of plain deal forms and desks.
p. 37.5melancholy = sad or depressing
Definitions:
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(1)
(melancholy) a sad feeling or manner -- sometimes thoughtfully sad
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)