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blues¹
- /bluːz/
Rhymes with -uːz
noun
- plural of blue
blues²
- /bluːz/
Rhymes with -uːz
noun blues
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A feeling of sadness or depression.
I've got the blues today.
Similar: blueness, tristesse, mirthlessness, blues, crestfallenness, dejection, depression, despondency, distress, dolefulness, downheartedness, drearihead
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One's particular life experience, particularly including the hardships one has faced.
Your blues is just like mine.
Similar: blueness, tristesse, mirthlessness, blues, crestfallenness, dejection, depression, despondency, distress, dolefulness, downheartedness, drearihead
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The negative emotional state produced by a particular action, occupation, experience, or idea.
I've got the lonely man's blues.
Similar: blueness, tristesse, mirthlessness, blues, crestfallenness, dejection, depression, despondency, distress, dolefulness, downheartedness, drearihead
- A musical form, of African-American origin, generally featuring an eight-bar or twelve-bar blues structure and using the blues scale. Many great blues musicians came from the Mississippi Delta region.
- A musical composition following blues forms. My next number is a blues in G.
- A uniform made principally of a blue fabric, and especially a full dress uniform thus colored. They marched in their dress blues.
- Any of various blue pills sold on the street, mimicking the appearance of prescription painkiller tablets.
blues³
- /bluːz/
Rhymes with -uːz
verb
- third-person singular simple present indicative of blue
Blues⁴
Where it comes from
In reference to the ancient Roman and medieval Byzantine racing faction, a calque of Latin venetī (“Sea-Blues”) or factio veneta (“the sea-blue faction”) and Medieval Greek Βένετοι (Bénetoi, “Blues”).
proper noun
- The chariot-racing faction of the Roman circus and Constantinopolitan hippodrome that wore blue. 'Constantinople adopted the follies, though not the virtues of ancient Rome,' wrote Edward Gibbon, 'and the same factions which had agitated the circus raged with redoubled fury in the Hippodrome.' Gibbon's judgment was that what produced the 'redoubled fury' in the Hippodrome was senseless hooligan
- Carlton Football Club.
- New South Wales.
- Birmingham City FC.
- Everton FC.
- Chelsea FC.
- Manchester City FC.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: megrims, gloom, bruising, lam, transcript, overalls, blueprints, bruises, funks, gainers, problems, rookies, depression, melancholy, sadness, dejection
Translations
Every language
noun musical form
| 한국어 | 블루스 beulluseu |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | ブルース burūsu |
| 中文 | 藍調 /蓝调 lándiào, 布魯斯 /布鲁斯 bùlǔsī |
| हिन्दी | ब्लूज़ blūz |
| Português | blues |
| Français | blues |
| Deutsch | Blues |
| Ελληνικά | μπλουζ blouz |
| Русский | блюз bljuz |
| العربية | بْلُوز blūz, بَلُوز balūz |
| עברית | בלוז bluz |
noun feeling of sadness
| Español | murria |
|---|---|
| Português | tristeza |
| Deutsch | Trübsal |
| Italiano | malinconia, paturnie |
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title = {blues},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/blues},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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