Word of the Day: Mulligrubs
PRONUNCIATION: [MUHL-i-gruhbz]
MEANING:
noun; 1. sadness, flatness, gloom, melancholy, doldrums; pip, mopes, dolour, dolor.
--> ETYMOLOGY: 1590–1600; earlier mulligrums, apparently
USAGE: She suffered from mulligrubs.
SYNONYMS: blahs, delirium tremens, despair, despondency, dumps, funk, gloom, low spirits, melancholy, mopes, mubblefubbles, pink elephants, unhappiness
PRONUNCIATION: [MUHL-i-gruhbz]
MEANING:
noun; 1. sadness, flatness, gloom, melancholy, doldrums; pip, mopes, dolour, dolor.
--> ETYMOLOGY: 1590–1600; earlier mulligrums, apparently
SYNONYMS: blahs, delirium tremens, despair, despondency, dumps, funk, gloom, low spirits, melancholy, mopes, mubblefubbles, pink elephants, unhappiness
