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Study the word MELANCHOLY: (Source) "Melancholy" is a formal, serious word that means "sad, gloomy, and hopeless." If you feel melancholy, or if you have melancholy, you're in a serious, thoughtful mood, and you feel a deep, terrible sadness. It's as if there's a darkness in your heart or your mind. (Source) "Melancholy" is a hard word to say, so let's say it together slowly: "MELL... un... call... ee." Melancholy. And not "muh LONG kuh lee." (Source) If you're in a melancholy mood, you're calm, quiet, and thoughtful as you think sad, dark thoughts. (Source) A melancholy day seems long, dark, sad, and hopeless. Melancholy music is slow, quiet, and sad. And a melancholy sight—like the sight of a thin, hungry cat sniffing around a dirty garbage can—fills you with deep sadness. (Source)   Make a flash card: You can write your own definition and choose your own picture, or copy mine. Term Definition Picture melancholy a mood or feeling of deep, serious sadness   Write your own sentence! You can use either of the two ideas I'll suggest, or you can invent your own. Include as much detail as you can! (Source)   Write a sentence with the word MELANCHOLY: Remember: melancholy is a quiet, dark, deep feeling of unhappiness, and melancholy things seem serious, thoughtful, and hopeless. Idea 1: "Melancholy music plays as (something very sad happens in a show or a movie)." Idea 2: "When I noticed that my friend was feeling melancholy, (doing something with his or her hands, head, face, or body), I asked, ‘What’s wrong?’" You can type in here. When you're done, copy and paste your sentence wherever you'd like it to go.