blues

blues
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. melancholy, despondency.
II
(Roget's IV) pl.n.
1. [A state of despondency; often with the]
Syn. depressed spirits, heaviness of heart, melancholy, dejection; see gloom 2 .
2. [Rhythmic lamentation in a minor key]
Syn. dirge, lament, torch song, jazz, funk, soul music, rhythm and blues; see also music 1 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
depression, sadness, downheartedness, discouragement, low spirits, *blahs, *blue funk, doldrums, heavy-heartedness, *dumps, dejection, unhappiness, bad mood, black mood.
ANT.: happiness, glee, joy, euphoria
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun A feeling or spell of dismally low spirits: dejection, depression, despondence, despondency, doldrums, dolefulness, downheartedness, dumps, dysphoria, funk, gloom, glumness, heavy-heartedness, melancholy, mope (used in plural), mournfulness, sadness, unhappiness. See FEELINGS, HAPPY.

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