megrims

A noun referring to a severe, recurring vascular headache, often accompanied by other symptoms, and occurring more frequently in women than in men.

• 🇪🇸Sustantivo que designa un fuerte dolor de cabeza recurrente de tipo vascular, a menudo acompañado de otros síntomas como náuseas o sensibilidad a la luz, y que se presenta con mayor frecuencia en mujeres que en hombres.

1. Migraine headache B1 formal british medical

   A severe, recurring type of headache often accompanied by visual disturbances and nausea.

   • She suffers from megrims at least once a month.
   • The doctor prescribed medication to prevent megrim attacks.
   • Loud noises can trigger a megrim for him.
   • Her megrim lasted for three days despite treatment.

   🇪🇸Jaqueca

   Sinónimos: migrainesick headache

2. Whim or fancy C1 informal british

   An idle, fanciful idea or sudden desire.

   • He had a sudden megrim to travel to Iceland.
   • She dismissed his suggestion as a mere megrim.
   • The artist followed every creative megrim that struck her.

   🇪🇸Capricho o antojo

   Sinónimos: capricecrotchetfancynotionquirkvagarywhim

3. Low spirits C1 formal british

   A state of melancholy or depression; a feeling of being downcast.

   • After the bad news, he fell into deep megrims.
   • She could not shake off the megrim that settled over her.
   • His letters hinted at a constant megrim of the soul.

   🇪🇸Melancolía o abatimiento

   Sinónimos: dejectiondepressiondespondencygloommelancholysadnessunhappinesswoe

   Antónimos: cheerfulnesselationeuphoriahappinessjoy

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incontable · plural irregular

A noun referring to a state of depression, low spirits, or melancholy.

• 🇪🇸Sustantivo que designa un estado de abatimiento, melancolía o mal humor pasajero, a menudo sin causa clara; también puede referirse a jaquecas o mareos.

1. State of depression C1 formal british

   A condition of low spirits, melancholy, or depression.

   • She was overcome with the megrims after the sad news.
   • His persistent megrims worried his family.
   • The rainy weather always brings on her megrims.

   🇪🇸Melancolía

   Sinónimos: despondencydoldrumsgloomlow spiritsmelancholy

   Antónimos: cheerfulnesselationeuphoriaexhilarationhappinessjoy

2. Whim or fancy C2 formal british

   A sudden change of mind; a capricious or playful idea.

   • He acted on a megrim and booked a ticket to Paris.
   • The artist’s latest work was born from a mere megrim.
   • Do not pay attention to his megrims; they never last long.

   🇪🇸Capricho o antojo

   Sinónimos: capricecrotchetfancynotionquirkvagarywhim

3. Migraine (archaic) C2 formal medical

   An archaic term for a severe headache, often accompanied by visual disturbances.

   • He complained of a megrim that lasted for hours.
   • The old physician prescribed herbs for her megrims.
   • Megrims were poorly understood in medieval times.

   🇪🇸Migraña (arcaico)

   Sinónimos: headachemigrainesick headache