to feel blue
12
6.5
- phrasal verb
- Informal
:
sentirse triste
- If you're feeling blue, how do you give yourself a happiness boost?
- stop feeling blue
- feeling blue these days
And I was just feeling blue.
- And I was just feeling blue.
- And and the the first indication I had that the orange man was feeling blue was Saturday.
- Talk about it. Be open. If you're feeling blue, if you're feeling up, if you don't have the answers, even if you don't know why, Because a lot of times,
Examples
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When she heard the sad news, she started to feel blue and couldn't stop crying.
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When you're feeling blue, it can be hard to muster up the physical and mental energy to do the things that make you happier.
Blog text (31) -
I am feeling blue, in a red state.
Blog text (33) -
Sharon is feeling blue, looking at her young self within the family that has shut her out.
Fiction book (2001) -
One lady at a dining facility, after hearing the group, declared, "I started out feeling blue this morning, but you just made my day!"
Blog text (16) -
Now think of a time you were feeling blue, and suddenly a close friend or relative called you for urgent help with a problem.
Blog text (27) -
Go back to sleep, there's no need to feel blue.
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On her finger was a fat diamond ring she'd bought the week before when she'd been feeling blue.
Fiction book (1990) -
So rather than possibly sitting at home feeling blue, it is good that I have a change of routine that takes me out of the house.
Blog text (18) -
When I'm feeling blue, I talk to Edwina.
Fiction book (1999)
Synonyms
15
3.0
Be sad or unhappy
3
7.0
Feel sad and a little down
1
7.5
To feel sad and complain to others
Antonyms
How Sad
Surface Forms
Morphology
The verb 'feel' (to experience) combined with the adjective 'blue' (used to mean sad) composes directly to mean 'feel sad' following a standard feel + adjective pattern. Although 'blue' as sadness is a conventional color metaphor, the connection is straightforward for learners who know both words, so a B1 learner should be able to derive the meaning.
Etymology
Feel blue uses the color blue as a simple picture of low mood. One popular story says people long used 'blue' to mean 'sad', like a grey, blue sky that makes you feel down, so to feel blue means 'to feel sad'.