melancholic
1. [ adjective ] characterized by or causing or expressing sadness
Synonyms: melancholy
Examples:

"growing more melancholy every hour" "her melancholic smile" "we acquainted him with the melancholy truth"

Related terms: sad
2. [ noun ] (medicine,psychology) someone subject to melancholia
Synonyms: melancholiac
Related terms: depressive
Similar spelling:   melancholiac
  melancholia
  melancholy
  Melancon
  melanchthon
  melanosis
  melanocyte
  Melanson