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 When there is something weighing on your mind, you can become quiet and withdrawn, preferring to be with your own thoughts in order to make some sense of what is going on.
The short melancholy definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary is simply a sad mood or feeling, or a pensive mood. Synonyms for melancholy include dismal, dreary and mournful. But the longer definition is quite interesting and brings into it the history of melancholy, which dates back to ancient and medieval times.