Definition of blues, the

blues, the    

noun - uncountable

• sadness or depression.

                                                                                                                                                                               
  
  Citation from "Dumped, But Not Down", Psychology Today, Carlin Flora, July 01 2007 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  I've got the back-to-work blues.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to be sad, disappointed.

  Last edited on Dec 13 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 02 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'to be sad, disappointed':
underwhelm	Definitions include: to not impress.
butt-hurt	Definitions include: offended, upset, or angry, usually by a small slight or a friendly insult.
bummed out	Definitions include: depressed.
blargh	Definitions include: exclamation of unhappiness.
soul-sucking	Definitions include: causing depression.
bummage	Definitions include: used to denote general sorrow, despair, or disappointment.
in the dumps	Definitions include: feeling sad or depressed.
torn down	Definitions include: very inebriated.
sour-puss	Definitions include: a frequently depressed person.
cut	Definitions include: annoyed, angry, upset, disappointed.
watered	Definitions include: to feel sad, hurt, low.
blarg	Definitions include: exclamation of unhappiness.
drag	Definitions include: a person's story: what they would have you believe.
ugh	Definitions include: exclamation of displeasure.
bomb	Definitions include: good; excellent; "cool".
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Big Blue Room, the	Definitions include: outdoors, during the day.
blue	Definitions include: sad.
blue-badge	Definitions include: a full-time Microsoft employee.
blue-baller	Definitions include: Someone who has an ache in their testicles due to prolonged periods of sexlessness or sexual frustration.
blue balls	Definitions include: a painful sensation in the balls (testicles) caused by prolonged sexual arousal that does not end in ejaculation.
blue blood	Definitions include: a nobleperson or aristocrat.
Blue B's, the	Definitions include: the traditionally blue (Democratic) cities of Berkeley, California; Boulder, Colorado; and Brooklyn, New York, New York.
blue-collar	Definitions include: pertaining to unskilled or manual labor.
blue-collar job	Definitions include: a job requiring unskilled or manual labor.
Blue Dolphin	Definitions include: ice water, when ordered at a bar or other establishment that serves alcohol.
blue-eyed boy	Definitions include: a person's favorite person.
Blue Falcon	Definitions include: "buddy fucker".
blue-hair	Definitions include: an elderly person.
blue marble	Definitions include: Earth.
blue pill	Definitions include: a pill of an erectile disfunction medication.
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101 scoop, the	Definitions include: the real information or the proof, instruction, the know how, where, when, and why about something or someone.
2-10, the	Definitions include: walking, generally as opposed to driving.
3rd degree, the	Definitions include: interrogation.
3 sheets to the wind	Definitions include: extremely intoxicated
411, the	Definitions include: information.
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.	Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting.
about the size of it	Definitions include: a good estimate.
ace in the hole	Definitions include: a secret advantage.
across the board	Definitions include: inclusive.
add fuel to the fire	Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse.
against the clock	Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing.
ahead of the curve	Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular.
aim Archie at the adamant	Definitions include: of a male, to urinate.
ain't no fun when the rabbit got the gun	Definitions include: Someone being butthurt over having something, they do to others regularly, done to the them
a little on the side	Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner.
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