melankolisk

Swedish

Etymology

melankoli +‎ -isk, from Ancient Greek μελαγχολία (melankholía).

Adjective

melankolisk (comparative mer melankolisk, superlative mest melankolisk)

1. melancholic

   Synonyms: svårmodig, tungsint

Declension

Inflection of melankolisk

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	melankolisk	mer melankolisk	mest melankolisk
neuter singular	melankoliskt	mer melankoliskt	mest melankoliskt
plural	melankoliska	mer melankoliska	mest melankoliska
masculine plural2	melankoliske	mer melankoliska	mest melankoliska
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	melankoliske	mer melankoliske	mest melankoliske
all	melankoliska	mer melankoliska	mest melankoliska

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Coordinate terms

• flegmatisk
• kolerisk
• sangvinisk

Related terms

• melankoli
• melankoliker

References

• melankolisk in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• melankolisk in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• melankolisk in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)