melancholies
USMEL-uhn-kah-leez/ˈmɛl.ənˌkɑ.liz/UKMEL-uhn-kuh-leez/ˈmɛlənkəliz/
- 1Plural of melancholy.
The novel traces the private melancholies of three sisters in a fading seaside town.
He had learned to wait out his melancholies with long walks and old records.
melancholies is a form of melancholy
melancholy, noun: A deep sadness or depression, especially a thoughtful or inward-looking one. Full entry
- Forms
- melancholymelancholies plural
- Spelling
- melancholy → melancholies: change y to i, add -es
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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