憂ゆう鬱うつ質しつ

noun

susceptibility to depression; melancholic temperament

A psychological or personality term referring to a disposition prone to depression or melancholy. Often used in discussions of temperament types.

• 彼かれは憂ゆう鬱うつ質しつで、小ちいさなことでも落おち込こみやすい。

  He has a melancholic temperament and tends to get depressed over small things.

• 憂ゆう鬱うつ質しつの人ひとは、深ふかく考かんがえ込こむ傾けい向こうがあると言いわれる。

  People with a melancholic disposition are said to have a tendency to think deeply.