All 4 Uses of
melancholy
in
Long Day's Journey into Night
- There is a lot of stolid, earthy peasant in him, mixed with streaks of sentimental melancholy and rare flashes of intuitive sensibility.†
Act 1 *
- She raises her hands and regards them with melancholy sympathy.†
Act 3
- Then from the world outside comes the melancholy moan of the foghorn, followed by a chorus of bells, muffled by the fog, from the anchored crafi in the harbor.†
Act 3
- With sodden melancholy.†
Act 4
Definition:
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(melancholy) a sad feeling or manner -- sometimes thoughtfully sad