megrim
9.9
A strong headache that comes back often and affects one side of the head
- noun
- /ˈmɛɡrɪm/
- Archaic
:
migraña
- When the weather changes suddenly, I can feel a megrim coming on.
Examples
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Top of the world one minute, haunted by megrims the next.
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There's a pinched look on your face, as though one of your megrims is starting.
Fiction book (2000) -
After a long day, she often suffers from a severe megrim that makes it hard to concentrate.
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He described his recurring megrim as a throbbing pain on the right side of his head.
Synonyms
headache
vsmegrim
427
1.0
A continuous pain in the head
refers to severe recurring one-sided pain rather than general ongoing discomfort
migraine
vsmegrim
104
3.3
A very bad headache that often affects one side and makes light or sound painful
is the older historical name for this same recurring severe pain
1
6.5
A severe headache that often makes you feel sick and unable to concentrate
is not defined by nausea and can lack that symptom
9.9
A severe recurring headache that affects one side of the head
is the general label not limited to vascular cause or female prevalence
Antonyms
How Painful
Surface Forms
Etymology
Megrim is an old form of migraine, from a Greek-based word made of hemi- 'half' and -crania 'head', so it refers to a pain that often hits one side of the head.