Definition of melancholic

"melancholic" in the noun sense

1. melancholic, melancholiac

someone subject to melancholia

"melancholic" in the adjective sense

1. melancholy, melancholic

characterized by or causing or expressing sadness

"growing more melancholy every hour"

"her melancholic smile"

"we acquainted him with the melancholy truth"

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Quotations for melancholic

The choleric drinks, the melancholic eats, the phlegmatic sleeps. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

We readily excuse paralytics from labor; and shall we be angry with a hypochondriac for not being cheerful in company? Must we stigmatize such an unfortunate person as peevish, positive, and unfit for society? His disorder may no more suffer him to be merry, than the gout will suffer another to dance. The advising a melancholic to be cheerful is like bidding a coward to be courageous, or a dwarf be taller. [ Wollaston ]

melancholic in Scrabble®

The word melancholic is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 20

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters melancholic:

MELANCHOLIC
(189)
MELANCHOLIC
(189)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (22 words)

calcine, caliche, calicle, calomel, chalice, chancel, choleic, choline, coalmen, cocaine, cochlea, coeliac, comical, conceal, conical, helical, laconic, machine, manhole, meconic, micella, oceanic

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word melancholic

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In melancholic

MELANCHOLIC
(189)
MELANCHOLIC
(189)
MELANCHOLIC
(126)
MELANCHOLIC
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MACHINE
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COCHLEA
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MECONIC
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MELANCHOLIC
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CHALICE
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CALICHE
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MANHOLE
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CHALICE
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COCHLEA
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HELICAL
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COCHLEA
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melancholic in Words With Friends™

The word melancholic is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 25

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters melancholic:

MELANCHOLIC
(315)
MELANCHOLIC
(315)
MELANCHOLIC
(315)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (22 words)

calcine, caliche, calicle, calomel, chalice, chancel, choleic, choline, coalmen, cocaine, cochlea, coeliac, comical, conceal, conical, helical, laconic, machine, manhole, meconic, micella, oceanic

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word melancholic

MELANCHOLIC
(315)
MELANCHOLIC
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MELANCHOLIC
(315)
MELANCHOLIC
(162)
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MELANCHOLIC
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In melancholic

MELANCHOLIC
(315)
MELANCHOLIC
(315)
MELANCHOLIC
(315)
MELANCHOLIC
(162)
MELANCHOLIC
(162)
COMICAL
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MECONIC
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MELANCHOLIC
(132)
MACHINE
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COCHLEA
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COALMEN
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LACONIC
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CONICAL
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CALCINE
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CHANCEL
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LACONIC
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CHALICE
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OCEANIC
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MACHINE
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MECONIC
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CHANCEL
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CALICLE
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MELANCHOLIC
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MELANCHOLIC
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HELICAL
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MACHINE
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COELIAC
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MANHOLE
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CHOLINE
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COELIAC
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CALCINE
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CALCINE
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LACONIC
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MICELLA
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MELANCHOLIC
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CALICLE
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MELANCHOLIC
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Words within the letters of melancholic

2 letter words in melancholic (19 words)

8 letter words in melancholic (7 words)

9 letter words in melancholic (3 words)

11 letter words in melancholic (1 word)

melancholic + 1 blank (1 word)

melancholic + 2 blanks (1 word)

Words containing the sequence melancholic

Words that start with melancholic (3 words)

Words with melancholic in them (1 word)

Words that end with melancholic (1 word)

Word Growth involving melancholic

Shorter words in melancholic

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Longer words containing melancholic

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