Melancholy may refer to: *

Melancholia Melancholia or melancholy (from ',Burton, Bk. I, p. 147 meaning black bile) is a concept found throughout ancient, medieval, and premodern medicine in Europe that describes a condition characterized by markedly depressed mood, bodily complain ...

, one of the four temperaments in pre-modern medicine and proto-psychology, representing a state of low mood *

Depression (mood) Depression is a mental state of low Mood (psychology), mood and aversion to activity. It affects about 3.5% of the global population, or about 280 million people worldwide, as of 2020. Depression affects a person's thoughts, behavior, feelin ...

, a state of low mood, also known as melancholy *

Major depressive disorder Major depressive disorder (MDD), also known as clinical depression, is a mental disorder characterized by at least two weeks of pervasive depression (mood), low mood, low self-esteem, and anhedonia, loss of interest or pleasure in normally ...

, a mood disorder historically called melancholy

Arts and books

* ''Melancholy'' (novel), a 1995 novel by Jon Fosse * '' Melancholy II'' or ''Melancholia II'', a 1996 novella by Jon Fosse * ''Melancholy'' (Munch), an 1891–1893 series of paintings by Edvard Munch * ''Melancholy'' (Hayez), an 1840-1841 painting by Francesco Hayez

Music

* ''Melancholy'' (Cecil Taylor album), a 1999 live free jazz album by Cecil Taylor's Workshop Ensemble * ''Melancholy'' (Shadow of Intent album), a 2019 album * "Melancholy" (song), an environmental song by 365 Nepali artists 2017 ** ''Melancholy'' (documentary), a 2018 documentary based on environmental research studies of the regions of Nepal from 2013 to 2018 * "

Melancolie "Melancolie" (English: "Melancholia") is a Moldovan Soviet song written in Romanian by Petre Teodorovici (music) and Grigore Vieru (lyrics). The well known song was performed by various singers such as Sofia Rotaru, Angela Similea, Ion Surucean ...

", a 1983 Moldovan song written by Grigore Vieru * "Melancholy", a 1998 song by Iced Earth from the album '' Something Wicked This Way Comes'' * "Melancholy", a 2017 song by the rapper

Murs Murs may refer to: People * Marc Athanase Parfait Œillet des Murs (1804-1878), French ornithologist * Olly Murs (born 1984), English singer-songwriter * Murs (rapper) (born 1978), American rapper Places * Murs, Indre, France * Murs, Vaucluse, Fr ...

* "Melancholy", a 2009 song by Timothy B. Schmit from the album ''

Expando ''Expando'' is the fifth studio album released by American musician Timothy B. Schmit. The album was released on October 20, 2009 on Lost Highway Records. It is Schmit's first studio album since 2001's '' Feed the Fire''. Schmit wrote all the ...

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Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness ''Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness'' is the third studio album and first double album by the American alternative rock band the Smashing Pumpkins, released on October 23, 1995, in the United Kingdom and on October 24 in the United States ...

”, a 1995 album by The Smashing Pumpkins * "

My Dear Melancholy ''My Dear Melancholy'' (stylized as ''My Dear Melancholy,'') is the debut extended play by Canadian singer-songwriter the Weeknd. It was released on March 30, 2018, through XO and Republic Records. Primarily produced by Frank Dukes, who serves a ...

" a 2018 album by

The Weeknd Abel Makkonen Tesfaye (; born February 16, 1990), known professionally as the Weeknd, is a Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer, and actor. He is best known for adding Pop music, pop, electronic music, electronic and hip-hop stylings ...

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Melancholy Man "Melancholy Man" is a song written by Mike Pinder that was first released on the Moody Blues' 1970 album ''A Question of Balance''. It was also released as a single in some countries, but not in the UK or US, although in the US it was later relea ...

” A 1970 song by The Moody Blues

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Music

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