melancholies
USMEL-uhn-kah-leez/ˈmɛl.ənˌkɑ.liz/UKMEL-uhn-kuh-leez/ˈmɛlənkəliz/
- 1Plural of melancholy. Use it for different times or kinds of deep sadness.
She wrote poems about the small melancholies of growing up.
His winter melancholies always lifted when the days got longer.
melancholies is a form of melancholy
melancholy, noun: Deep sadness, often the kind where you think a lot about your feelings. Full entry
- Forms
- melancholymelancholies plural
- Spelling
- melancholy → melancholies: change y to i, add -es
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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