melancholics
Those who mope
Melancholics are people disposed to melancholy—a deep, persistent sadness or gloom.
The term derives from ancient medicine's four temperaments, where melancholic types were thought to be introspective, brooding, and prone to depression.
Today it describes those with a characteristically somber or pensive disposition: The melancholics among us find beauty in rainy days and minor keys.
Unemotionally calm, slow-reacting
- sanguineCheerfully optimistic temperament
- four humorsClassical medical fluid theory
- HippocratesFather of medicine
- GalenClassical Roman-era physician
bile · constitution · disposition · personality · introvert · psychology · trait · nature
Inclined to deep thought
- reflectiveCasting back light
- pensiveQuietly, sadly thoughtful
- meditativeInclined toward deep reflection
- thoughtfulShowing careful consideration
ruminative · philosophical · solitary · withdrawn · brooding · absorbed · preoccupied · musing
phlegmatic
Unemotionally calm, slow-reacting
- sanguineCheerfully optimistic temperament
- four humorsClassical medical fluid theory
- HippocratesFather of medicine
Galen · bile · constitution · disposition · personality · introvert · psychology · trait · nature · temperamental
contemplative
Inclined to deep thought
- reflectiveCasting back light
- pensiveQuietly, sadly thoughtful
- meditativeInclined toward deep reflection
thoughtful · ruminative · philosophical · solitary · withdrawn · brooding · absorbed · preoccupied · musing · pondering
brooding
Anxiously dwelling on something
somber · wistful · doleful · lugubrious · forlorn · despondent · dejected · woeful · glum · dour
romantic
Conducive to love
sensitive · genius · tortured · visionary · Byron · Keats · aesthetic · soulful · expressive · temperamental
- melancholic tonePervading sense of sorrow