Synonyms for blues
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1. bluesnoun

   a type of folksong that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century; has a melancholy sound from repeated use of blue notes

   Synonyms:
   megrims, blue devils, vapors, vapours

2. blues, blue devils, megrims, vapors, vapoursnoun

   a state of depression

   "he had a bad case of the blues"

   Synonyms:
   megrims, blue devils, vapors, vapours

Matched Categories

1. • Black Music
   • Depression
   • Folk Song

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1. woes

   an expression of sorrow, misery or distress; a feeling of dispondency or dispair

   "avoid valentine day flower blues by purchasing flowers the day before valentine's day"

   Submitted by acronimous on February 15, 2014  

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1. bluesnoun

   Synonyms:
   [With The prefixed.] melancholy, dejection, depression, despondency, hypochondria, dumps, vapors, megrims, low spirits, blue-devils, the dismals

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1. bluesnoun

   Synonyms:
   despondency, melancholy, dismals, vapors, depression, blue devils, hypochondria, dumps, megrims

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1. List of paraphrases for "blues":

   bruises

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1. blues

   Synonyms:
   Psychiatry The Blues

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1. Diane Wehrle:

   UK retail destinations suffered post Bank Holiday blues last week, with footfall dropping back by around half of the uplift recorded in the week before, when the school half-term holiday coincided with the Spring bank holiday and amazing weather.

2. Orlando Bloom:

   It was funny because when Katy Perry first came out I was like,' Oh, it's me ! It's a mini-me. And then, fortunately, Katy Perry got those Katy Perry blues, which was perfect.

3. Sarita Robinson:

   Getting outside and exercising is a good way of keeping your mood up -- and if you want to beat the blues exercising in nature is a great way to do that.

4. Heather Lydia Thornhill:

   If my life was dense from all my blues I'd raise my frequency just by wanting you.

5. George Brainard:

   The idea of the title was that it was more like the title of a song, there's a real sort of musical aspect to this scene, and (my friend and I) liked the idea of the title being something that was more like a blues song and that would have that sort of energy to go along with this gritty, real, ultra-realism kind of feel.