melancholy

a feeling of thoughtful sadness

a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed

a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy

characterized by or causing or expressing sadness; "growing more melancholy every hour"; "her melancholic smile"; "we acquainted him with the melancholy truth"

grave or even gloomy in character; "solemn and mournful music"; "a suit of somber black"; "a somber mood"