Synonyms for blues
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Depression — A feeling of sadness or depression
depression, melancholy, melancholia, dejection, sadness, blueness, despondency, unhappiness
2. Blue devils
blue devils slang, megrims rare
Other
dismals rare
Definitions
- n. 1
A feeling of sadness or depression.
I've got the blues today.
- n. 2
A feeling of sadness or depression. One's particular life experience, particularly including the hardships one has faced.
Your blues is just like mine.
Related words
- Phrases
- classic female blues cry the blues sing the blues soul blues summer blues vaudeville blues winter blues
Example sentences
- melancholia Schumann was diagnosed with psychotic melancholia.
- blueness The ocean's supposed blueness comes entirely from the sky.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| blues | rising | |
| melancholia | rising | |
| blueness | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 7 letters
- sadness2, megrims, dismals
- 8 letters
- blueness2
- 9 letters
- dejection
- 10 letters
- depression3, melancholy4
- 11 letters
- unhappiness4, melancholia, despondency4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (sadness2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- blues