| We characterize it in the same manner as melancholia, tristesse, ennui, annoyance and wearisomeness. |
| That was probably why he was often haunted by spells of melancholia and dark thoughts and often sought refuge in books. |
| The room where she wrote, in between bouts of melancholia and swigs of laudanum, remains above the old entrance to the stables. |
| Fifth, there is a streak of melancholia in the English imagination, which can easily slide into a condition of fatalism. |
| Contrasting greatly with the often-brooding melancholia of Tristeza, LaValle manages to inject an uplifting aspect into his solo work. |
| The marriage was not a success, and in his last years, he suffered from a pathological masochistic melancholia. |
