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blues.

A feeling of sadness or depression.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/bluːz/
  1. A feeling of sadness or depression.

    countable · informal · plural-normally · uncountable
    I've got the blues today.
    The blues have hit her hard, and she won't get out of bed.
  2. A feeling of sadness or depression. One's particular life experience, particularly including the hardships one has faced.

    countable · in-plural · informal · plural-normally · singular · uncountable
    Your blues is just like mine.
    Your blues are just like mine.
  3. A feeling of sadness or depression. The negative emotional state produced by a particular action, occupation, experience, or idea.

    countable · in-plural · informal · plural-normally · singular · uncountable
    I've got the lonely man's blues.
    If you work here long enough, you'll have the butcher's blues just like me.
  4. A musical form, of African-American origin, generally featuring an eight-bar or twelve-bar blues structure and using the blues scale.

    countable · uncountable
    Many great blues musicians came from the Mississippi Delta region.
    A large portion of modern popular music is influenced by the blues.
  5. A musical form, of African-American origin, generally featuring an eight-bar or twelve-bar blues structure and using the blues scale. A musical composition following blues forms.

    countable · singular · uncountable
    My next number is a blues in G.
  6. A uniform made principally of a blue fabric, and especially a full dress uniform thus colored.

    countable · uncountable
    They marched in their dress blues.
  7. Any of various blue pills sold on the street, mimicking the appearance of prescription painkiller tablets.

    countable · slang · uncountable
noun/bluːz/
  1. plural of blue

    form-of · plural
verb/bluːz/
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of blue

    form-of · indicative · present · singular · third-person
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