megrims
Bouts of melancholy
Megrims is an old-fashioned word for low spirits or depression: a fit of the megrims.
The word originally meant migraine headaches, and this sense persists in veterinary use for a disorder affecting horses.
The singular megrim appears occasionally but the plural dominates in both the mood and headache senses.
State of emotional pain
- depressionProlonged low state
- gloomPervasive dimness or dejection
- low spiritsEmotional state of sadness
- despondencyProfound loss of hope
doldrums · blues · sorrow · dejection · wistfulness · pensiveness · moroseness · bleakness
Cranial pain
- throbbingRhythmic painful pulsing
- poundingForceful repeated striking
- painBodily or emotional distress
- auraPerceived emanation surrounding someone
nausea · photophobia · visual disturbance · neuralgia · splitting · debilitating · sick headache · vertigo
Large European food flatfish
- soleFoot's bottom surface
- flounderStruggle awkwardly, or seafood
- plaiceEdible European flatfish
- brillEuropean edible flatfish
dab · halibut · bottomfeeder · trawling · North Sea · flatfish
Unpredictable urge or notion
- fancyElaborate or decorative
- whimSudden arbitrary desire
- notionImprecise mental impression
- vagaryUnpredictable change or action
impulse · fickleness · crotchet · quirk · unpredictability · mood · humour · freakishness
sadness
State of emotional pain
- depressionProlonged low state
- gloomPervasive dimness or dejection
- low spiritsEmotional state of sadness
despondency · doldrums · blues · sorrow · dejection · wistfulness · pensiveness · moroseness · bleakness · ennui
headache
Cranial pain
aura · nausea · photophobia · visual disturbance · neuralgia · splitting · debilitating · sick headache · vertigo · dizziness
turbot
Large European food flatfish
brill · dab · halibut · bottomfeeder · trawling · North Sea · flatfish
caprice
Unpredictable urge or notion
vagary · impulse · fickleness · crotchet · quirk · unpredictability · mood · humour · freakishness · flightiness
megrimscheerfulness
State of bright spirits
high spirits · elation · gaiety · joy · merriment
megrimsclarity
State of being understandable
equanimity · composure · levelheadedness · mental clarity · steadiness