megrims
1
9.9
A sudden feeling of deep sadness and low energy
- noun
- Archaic
:
melancolía
- He often spoke about his childhood megrims, reflecting on the loneliness he felt.
Examples
-
In moments of megrims, she found solace in reading her favorite books.
-
After a long week of work, I was overcome by the megrims and decided to take a day off.
-
"Megrims," she said.
Fiction book (1999)
Synonyms
blues
vsmegrims
73
4.4
A feeling of mild sadness that has no clear cause
is an archaic word for deeper dejection rather than mild mood
7
9.9
A short period of feeling sad and down
is an archaic term for low spirits without stressing temporary nature
1
8.9
A feeling of sadness and low mood
is an archaic term for a general state of dejection rather than personal feeling
lowness
vsmegrims
1
5.8
A time when someone feels sad and without energy
is the archaic label for the same emotional state
9.9
A feeling of deep hurt and anger about past wrongs
is an archaic word for general dejection rather than bitter resentment
Antonyms
How Sad
Surface Forms
Etymology
Megrims probably comes from old words like migraine or a term for the 'spleen', because people once linked bad moods to a kind of sickness of the body or mind. So, megrims came to mean a sudden attack of low spirits or deep sadness.