Melancholy

/ˈmel(ə)nˌkälē/

Adjective/Noun

adjective

having a feeling of deep sadness

A melancholy-looking man, he had the appearance of one who has searched for the leak in life's gas-pipe with a lighted candle.

The Man Upstairs and Other Stories (1914), by P.G. Wodehouse (1881-1975)

noun

a feeling of deep sadness

All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.

Anatole France (1844-1924)