lose - allow to go out of sight; The detective lost the man he was shadowing after he had to stop at a red light 7. lose - fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit; I lost thousands of dollars on that bad investment!; The company turned a loss after the first year turn a loss break even - make neither profit nor loss
Melancholy is a state of being sad, gloomy, or even pensive. When there is something weighing on your mind, you can become quiet and withdrawn, preferring to be with your own thoughts in order to make some sense of what is going on.
Definition of Mood. As a literary device, mood is the emotional feeling or atmosphere that a work of literature produces in a reader.