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blues en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• blo͞oz
• /bluːz/

Etymology

Meanings

1. (form-of, plural) plural of blue
   form of blue

blues en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• blo͞oz
• /bluːz/

Meanings

1. (countable, informal, plural-normally, uncountable) A feeling of sadness or depression.
   • If we had been allowed to sit idle we should all have fallen in the blues […] 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:
   • The blues have hit her hard, and she won't get out of bed.
   • I've got the blues today.
2. (countable, in-plural, informal, plural-normally, singular, uncountable) A feeling of sadness or depression. ▸ One's particular life experience, particularly including the hardships one has faced.
   • Your blues is just like mine.
   • Your blues are just like mine.
3. (countable, in-plural, informal, plural-normally, singular, uncountable) A feeling of sadness or depression. ▸ The negative emotional state produced by a particular action, occupation, experience, or idea.
   • 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. (countable, uncountable) A musical form, of African-American origin, generally featuring an eight-bar or twelve-bar blues structure and using the blues scale.
   • A large portion of modern popular music is influenced by the blues.
   • Many great blues musicians came from the Mississippi Delta region.
5. (countable, singular, uncountable) 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.
   • My next number is a blues in G.
6. (countable, uncountable) A uniform made principally of a blue fabric, and especially a full dress uniform thus colored.
   • They marched in their dress blues.
   • You never planned on the bombs in the sand Or sleeping in your dress blues. 2007, Jason Isbell, Dress Blues:
7. (countable, slang, uncountable) Any of various blue pills sold on the street, mimicking the appearance of prescription painkiller tablets.

Forms

Coordinates

greens · camos · khakis · fatigues

Deriveds

blueshead · blueslike · country-blues · club blues · summer blues · eight-bar blues · gospel-blues · baby blues · rhythm and blues · winter blues · blues scale · electric blues · tees and blues · bluesman · theatre blues · blues and twos · bluester · bluesy · Chicago blues · jump blues · cry the blues · folk blues · Delta blues · blooze · swamp blues · hill country blues · soul-blues · bluesify · have the blues · delta blues · Arctic blues · Ts and blues · classic female blues · blue note · tease and blues · blues-rock · punk-blues · twelve bar blues · folk-blues · blueswoman · talking blues · sing the blues · preblues · Texas blues · twelve-bar blues · soul blues · country blues · bluesish · gospel blues · Piedmont blues · corona blues · vaudeville blues

Descendants

blues · blues · blues · blues · blues · blues · blues · blues · blues · blús

Synonyms

mishappiness · woefare · downheartedness · heartsore · dolefulness · ruth · sadness · mourn · sorrow · sorrow · sorrowfulness · tristesse · despondency · prosternation · crestfallenness · sorrow · distress · grief · crestfallenness · misery · forlornness · melancholy · melancholy · unhappiness · distress · mirthless · sorrowfulness · wretchedness · mishappiness · unhappiness · blueness · prosternation · tristfulness · blues · ruth · forlornness · melancholia · wretchedness · woefare · dejection · misery · dejection · forlornness · woe · ill-being · ill-being · mourn · dolefulness · drearihead · misery · despondency · undelight · grief · undelight · rue · prosternation · rue · tristesse · despondency · blueness · tristfulness · tristfulness · regret · depression · depression · heartsore · melancholy · wretchedness · sorrowfulness · woe · depression · blues · crestfallenness · infelicity · ruth · dejection · sadness · tristesse · blues · blueness · heartsore · sadness · blueness · downheartedness · grief · distress · mourn · regret · mirthless · regret · undelight · dolefulness · mirthless · blueness · infelicity · unhappiness · rue · melancholia · ill-being · downheartedness · woefare · drearihead · blueness · drearihead · mishappiness · woe · infelicity · melancholia

Translations (44)

fa بلوز (musical form) · hy բլյուզ (musical form) · sh bluz (musical form) · th บลูส์ (musical form) · ja ブルース (musical form) · mi puoro kōrangaranga (musical composition) · pl chandra (feeling of sadness) · cmn 布魯斯 /布鲁斯 (musical form) · sv blues (musical form) · sv blues (musical composition) · ky блюз (musical form) · pt tristeza (feeling of sadness) · de Blues (musical composition) · fi blues (musical form) · fi blues (musical composition) · he בלוז (musical form) · fr blues (musical form) · it malinconia (feeling of sadness) · uk блюз (musical form) · da blues (musical form) · it paturnie (feeling of sadness) · ar بْلُوز (musical form) · tr blues (musical form) · be блюз (musical form) · ko 블루스 (musical form) · gl blues (musical form) · ar بَلُوز (musical form) · ru блюз (musical form) · cmn 藍調 /蓝调 (musical form) · pt blues (musical form) · bg блус (musical form) · de Trübsal (feeling of sadness) · ga gruaim (feeling of sadness) · de Blues (musical form) · ka ბლუზი (musical form) · pt blues (musical composition) · mi puoro kōrangaranga (musical form) · es murria (feeling of sadness) · el μπλουζ (musical form) · pl blues (musical composition) · eo bluso (musical form) · hi ब्लूज़ (musical form) · pl blues (musical form) · ru блюз (musical composition)

blues en · VERB · etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• blo͞oz
• /bluːz/

Meanings

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) third-person singular simple present indicative of blue
   form of blue