blues

Speech parts

1. blues - Noun

2. blues - Verb

3. Blues - Proper noun

Meaning

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

a state of depression

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

blue devils depression heartache pain suffering distress grief sorrow misery melancholy sadness anguish gloom despondency dejection
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Antonyms

bliss deliverance felicity beatitude paradise glee
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Hypernyms

depression folksong folk song black music folk ballad African-American music

Hyponyms

boogie boogie-woogie

Phrases with the word

the blues give someone the blues sing the blues baby blues have the blues blues harp

Anagrams

bulse

Examples

Blues is easy to play, but hard to feel. Jimi Hendrix

I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues. Duke Ellington

Rhythm and blues used to be called race music. ... This music was going on for years, but nobody paid any attention to it. Ray Charles

The blues are what I've turned to, what has given me inspiration and relief in all the trials of my life. Eric Clapton

Blues was my first love. It was the first thing where I said, 'Oh man, this is the stuff.' It just sounded so raw and honest, gut-bucket honest. From then I started rebelling. Carlos Santana

The blues - the sound of a sinner on revival day. W. C. Handy

Close letter words and terms

blueprinter bluer Bluerina blues and twos blues dance blues gig