Definition for Blues:

• a type of folk song that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century; has a melancholoy sound from repeated used of blue notes.

Synonyms for Blues:

• n.

  •
  • disappointment,
  • remorse,
  • regret,
  • grief.
  •
  • backup,
  • lament,
  • funk,
  • dirge.
  •
  • feelings,
  • mope,
  • happy.
  •angst (noun)
  • mid life crisis,
  • mis giving,
  • mis-giving,
  • un easinesses,
  • mid life crisi,
  • un easiness,
  • weltschmerzes,
  • un-easiness,
  • un-easinesses,
  • midlife crisi,
  • mid-life crisi.
  •blue devils (noun)
  • pink elephants,
  • mubblefubbles,
  • DT,
  • Mulligrubs.
  •blues (noun)
  • megrims.
  •boredom (noun)
  • ennui.
  •communication (noun)
  • blues.
  •dejection (noun)
  • dejection,
  • sullenness,
  • gloominess,
  • anxiety,
  • anguish,
  • joylessness,
  • disheartenment,
  • despair,
  • discouragement,
  • plaintiveness,
  • sadness,
  • moodiness,
  • depression,
  • moroseness,
  • woefulness,
  • dolorousness,
  • grimness,
  • contemplativeness,
  • dreariness,
  • despondency.
  •depression (noun)
  • blue devils,
  • the mopes,
  • heavy heart,
  • the dismals,
  • low spirits.
  •despondence (noun)
  • dispiritednesses.
  •dismay (noun)
  • panic,
  • disillusionments,
  • the blahs,
  • disheartenments,
  • up set,
  • disillusionment.
  •distress (noun)
  • dis appointment,
  • dis appointments,
  • de-solations,
  • dis-quietudes,
  • dis-tress,
  • de solations,
  • dis tresses,
  • de-solation,
  • worriments,
  • head-ache,
  • dis quietudes,
  • un-happiness,
  • dis comforts,
  • dis-comfort,
  • dis-appointment,
  • un happiness,
  • unconsolabilities,
  • un happinesses,
  • dis-quietude,
  • dis tress,
  • dis-comforts,
  • dis-tresses,
  • un-happinesses,
  • dis comfort,
  • de solation,
  • dis quietude,
  • dis-appointments.
  •doldrums (noun)
  • blahs,
  • dismals,
  • black mood.
  •downheartedness (noun)
  • low spiritedness,
  • lowspiritednesses,
  • lowspiritedness,
  • low spiritednesses,
  • low-spiritednesses,
  • forlornnesses.
  •dumps (noun)
  • cheerlessness,
  • the blue,
  • the blues.
  •ennui (noun)
  • dis satisfactions,
  • lack interest,
  • dis-satisfactions,
  • dis-satisfaction,
  • spiritlessnesses,
  • dis satisfaction.
  •gloom (noun)
  • Catatonias,
  • fore-boding,
  • saturninities,
  • fore bodings,
  • disconsolatenesses,
  • fore-bodings,
  • pensivenesses,
  • fore boding.
  •glumness (noun)
  • downheartedns.
  •heavy-heartedness (noun)
  • heavy heartedness.
  •sorrow (noun)
  • grievings,
  • re morses,
  • mis fortunes,
  • re-morse,
  • lamentings,
  • re morse,
  • big troubles,
  • mis fortune,
  • mis-fortunes,
  • re-morses.
  •state of mind (noun)
  • mood.
  •weariness (noun)
  • drowsiness,
  • weariness,
  • apathy,
  • weakness,
  • tedium,
  • tiredness,
  • droopiness,
  • debilitation,
  • fatigue,
  • faintness,
  • over-weariness,
  • listlessness,
  • boredom,
  • flaccidity,
  • sleepiness,
  • footsoreness,
  • exhaustion,
  • feebleness.
  •woe (noun)
  • be moaning,
  • mis adventure,
  • mis-adventures,
  • deplorings,
  • be-moaning,
  • mis adventures,
  • mis-adventure,
  • bemoanings.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • doldrums,
  • country music,
  • country,
  • jungle,
  • techno,
  • country and western,
  • easy listening,
  • trip hop,
  • dance music,
  • MOR,
  • classical music,
  • electronica,
  • elevator music,
  • dub,
  • trance,
  • folk music,
  • reggae,
  • thrash,
  • honky-tonk,
  • drum 'n' bass,
  • acid jazz,
  • metal,
  • world music,
  • rock 'n' roll,
  • EMO,
  • rockabilly,
  • hard rock,
  • bhangra,
  • program music,
  • dixieland,
  • polyphony,
  • downtempo,
  • Rai,
  • motown,
  • soul music,
  • rock and roll,
  • two-step,
  • kwela,
  • chamber music,
  • bop,
  • mood music,
  • hardcore,
  • gangsta rap,
  • hip-hop,
  • synthesis,
  • pop music,
  • goth,
  • heavy metal,
  • gospel,
  • background music,
  • rock music,
  • skiffle,
  • doo-wop,
  • highlife,
  • dysphoria,
  • acid house,
  • Muzak,
  • dancehall,
  • ambient,
  • disco,
  • punk,
  • jazz fusion,
  • rhythm and blues,
  • chillout,
  • backing,
  • new age,
  • bluegrass,
  • trad jazz,
  • SKA,
  • garage,
  • incidental music,
  • ragga,
  • rock.
  •
  • folk,
  • rave,
  • canon,
  • rap,
  • new wave,
  • pop,
  • unhappiness,
  • dumps,
  • impressionism,
  • grunge,
  • breakbeat,
  • mariachi,
  • downbeat,
  • latin,
  • minimalism,
  • gangsta,
  • fusion,
  • indie.
  •
  • soul.
  •
  • sound,
  • house.
  •
  • swing.

Paraphrases for Blues:

• Independent

  • Proper noun, plural
    problems, WOES.
  • Noun, plural
    blueprints, troubles, inconveniences, transcriptions, Bruises, evenings, Overalls, pledges, Headaches, peacekeepers, rookies, Cockroaches, problems, patterns, nights, winners, trainees, gainers, snags, WOES, bruising.

Antonyms for Blues:

• n.

  • depression
    euphoria, happiness, gladness, gaiety, joy, cheer.

• n. pl.

  • Other antonyms:
    delight, sunniness, jollity, contentedness, content, joyousness, hopefulness, exultation, gratification, optimism, satisfaction, jubilation, exuberance, lightheartedness, felicity, rapturousness, joyfulness, contentment, humor, gladsomeness.

Blues Sentence Examples:

• Come, Jager, don't you go for to git into the blues.

• He was conscious of a great depression, - a 'fit of the blues, ' which he attributed partly to the damp, lowering weather.

Homophones for Blues:

• blue's, blues'.

Hypernym for Blues:

• n.

  • communication
    boogie-woogie, boogie.

Hyponym for Blues:

• n.

  • communication
    African-american Music, folk song, folksong, folk ballad, black music.

Meronym for Blues:

• n.

  • communication
    blue note.