Melancholy, dolorous, doleful, lugubrious, rueful, plaintive are comparable when they mean expressing or suggesting sorrow or mourning.
Category: Synonyms
Melancholic vs Melancholy vs Atrabilious vs Hypochondriac
Melancholic, melancholy, atrabilious, hypochondriac are comparable when they mean gloomy or depressed, especially as a manifestation of one’s temperament or state-of-health.
Meet vs Face vs Encounter vs Confront
Meet, face, encounter, confront can all mean to come across or to run into someone or something face-to-face or as if face-to-face.
Medium vs Middling vs Mediocre vs Second-rate vs Moderate vs Average vs Fair vs Indifferent
Medium, middling, mediocre, second-rate, moderate, average, fair, indifferent mean midway, or about midway, between the extremes of a scale or measurement or evaluation.
Meddle vs Interfere vs Intermeddle vs Tamper
Meddle, interfere, intermeddle, tamper are comparable when they mean to busy or concern oneself with someone or something officiously, impertinently, or indiscreetly.
Meaning vs Sense vs Acceptation vs Signification vs Significance vs Import
Meaning, sense, acceptation, signification, significance, import are comparable when they denote the idea which something (as a word, a passage, a facial expression, an action, or a situation) conveys to the mind or is intended to convey to the mind.
Mean vs Instrument vs Instrumentality vs Agent vs Agency vs Medium vs Organ vs Vehicle vs Channel
Mean, instrument, instrumentality, agent, agency, medium, organ, vehicle, channel denote a person or thing through or by which work is performed or an end is effected.
Mean vs Denote vs Signify vs Import
Mean, denote, signify, import are comparable when they mean to convey to the mind a definite idea or interpretation.
Mean vs Ignoble vs Abject vs Sordid
Mean, ignoble, abject, sordid can all be applied to persons, their behavior, or the conditions in which they live with the meaning so low as to be out of keeping with human dignity or generally acceptable standards of human life or character.
Meager vs Scanty vs Scant vs Skimpy vs Scrimpy vs Exiguous vs Spare vs Sparse
Meager, scanty, scant, skimpy, scrimpy, exiguous, spare, sparse are comparable when they mean so small (as in amount, number, or size) as to fall short of what is normal, necessary, or desirable.
Mature vs Develop vs Ripen vs Age
Mature, develop, ripen, age are used in reference to living, growing things or to things with latent capacity for betterment and mean to come or cause to come to the state of being fit for use or enjoyment.
Mature vs Matured vs Ripe vs Mellow vs Adult vs Grown-up
Mature, matured, ripe, mellow, adult, grown-up are comparable if not often interchangeable because they all bear the same underlying meaning “fully developed.”