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. Julie Lamppa:

   Most women will experience some sort of postpartum blues.

2. Kari Lehtonen:

   The Blues changes the game a little bit, we knew they were going to take more risks. We didn't have to score anymore, so we tried to play a more defensive game.

3. 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.

4. Townes Van Zandt:

   There are only two kinds of songs; there's the blues, and there's zip-a-dee-doo-dah.

5. Jimi Hendrix, Quoted in Charles Shaar Murray,Crosstown Traffic, ch. 6 (1989).:

   Blues is easy to play, but hard to feel.