blues

Examples

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• YOU LOOK LIKE MAYBE YOU HAVE THE HOLIDAY BLUES OR SOMETHING.

  Batman Returns (1992)

• Similarly, stricken by a case of the Monday Blues, workers are also more likely to wander.

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• Beat the "Winter Blues" and the effects of seasonal change.

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• And, that, my friends, is the true meaning of Boxing Day Blues.

  Why Hide? (2018)

• IT'S MY FORMULA FOR GETTING RID OF THE BLUES.

  Safe Harbour (2007)

• Although I'm still in the process of arranging it, I'm going to take a two-week holiday in the western USA next May (someone at work said I was going to "find myself," which is probably true), and I've got just enough annual leave for a week in the Med in January, if I can book something interesting, so I can avoid (or at least mitigate) the Winter Blues, my deadliest enemy!

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• Many people feel a sense of blues after the holidays when the festive spirit fades.

• Despite the sunny weather, she couldn't shake the feeling of blues that had settled in her heart.

• He described his blues as a feeling of emptiness that he couldn't explain.

Synonyms

S

sad

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∞ 1.0

Feeling unhappy or upset because of something

is a noun for a mild, often unexplained unhappy feeling rather than an adjective

S

sadness

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229 1.0

A feeling of being unhappy

is usually milder and often has no obvious cause

B

blue

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205 2.1

Feeling sad or unhappy

is specifically a mild, unexplained sadness rather than broad melancholy

G

gloom

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46 3.2

A feeling of sadness and low spirits

is a personal mild sadness often with no clear cause

U

unhappiness

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42 1.8

A feeling of sadness or not feeling satisfied with life

is a milder, often unexplained sadness rather than general discontent

F

funk

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• Informal

34 7.1

A time when you feel sad or unmotivated

is a milder sadness without nervous symptoms or motivational loss

D

down

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• Informal

24 6.7

Feeling sad or unhappy

is the same feeling but in a more neutral form

F

to feel down

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15 3.0

Be sad or unhappy

is usually milder and often without a clear cause

F

to feel blue

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• Informal

12 6.5

To be sad for a short time

is often brief and unexplained rather than a long period

L

low spirits

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1 3.5

A feeling of being a little sad or down

is often an unexplained sadness rather than a clear reaction

B

blue devils

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• Archaic

1 8.9

A feeling of sadness and low mood

is a mild sadness often without a clear cause

G

gloominess

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1 3.4

A feeling of sadness and little hope felt by people or in a place

is an internal, mild feeling rather than a general gloomy atmosphere

I

in low spirits

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3.9

Feeling sad and without energy

is a mild sadness often appearing without a clear reason

G

glumness

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6.6

A quiet feeling of sadness and low spirits

is milder and often lacks a clear cause

Antonyms

H

happiness

970 1.0

A feeling of pleasure and being satisfied

J

joy

793 1.0

A strong feeling of great happiness

Idioms

H

to have the blues

3 7.0

Feel sad and a little down

C

to cry the blues

• Informal

1 7.5

To feel sad and complain to others

W

to wake up with the blues

• Informal

8.4

To feel sad in the morning for no clear reason

Compounds

R

rhythm and blues

13 3.0

Popular American music that mixes blues and jazz sounds

D

dress blues

• Jargon

5 6.1

A formal military uniform worn for ceremonies and official events

B

blues scale

• Specialized

5.0

A group of notes musicians use to make the typical jazz and blues sound

R

rhythm and blues musician

4.2

A person who sings or plays songs that mix jazz, blues, and gospel

How Sad

despair

210 3.5

depression

• Specialized

61 3.7

sadness

229 1.0

blues

4 4.4

low spirits

1 3.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology