Meet with.
- 1. Find, meet, light on, fall upon, fall in with, happen upon, come to.
- 2. Suffer, be subjected to, be exposed to, encounter.
- 3. Join, unite in company.
- 4. Obviate.
Melancholic, a.
- 1. Dejected, depressed, hypochondriac, dispirited, melancholy.
- 2. Sombre, gloomy, unhappy, mournful, dismal.
Melancholy, n. Dejection, depression, gloominess, sadness, gloom, despondency, hypochondria, blues, blue devils, dumps, vapors, low spirits, depression of spirits.
Melancholy, a.
- 1. Dejected, dispirited, depressed, sad, sorrowful, unhappy, disconsolate, doleful, dismal, lugubrious,
moody, gloomy, hypochondriac, dumpish, mopish, glum, downcast, desponding, down-hearted, low-
spirited, cast down, in the dumps, down in the mouth, out of sorts, lackadaisical, atrabilious, blue hippish.
- 2. Calamitous, afflictive, unfortunate, unlucky.
- 3. Grave, gloomy, sombre, dark, quiet, sad.
Mélange, n. [Fr.] Mixture, medley, farrago, jumble, hodge-podge, hotch-potch, salmagundi, olio, mingle- mangle, pot-pourri, gallimaufry, mish-mash, olla-podrida.
Mêlée, n. [Fr.] Fight (of combatants confusedly mixed), affray, contest, fray, broil, brawl, scuffle, mellay, hand-to-hand conflict.
Melibean, Melibœan, a. [In rhet. and poetry.] Alternate, alternating, alternately responsive.
Melic, a. Lyric, tuneful, melodious.
Meliorate, v. a. Improve, better, mend, amend, emend, ameliorate, make better.
Melioration, n. Improvement, amendment, emendation, amelioration, betterment.
Mellay, Melley, n. Conflict. See Mêlée.
Mellifluence, n. Smoothness, softness, mellowness, sweetness, sweet flow.