About The Word Blues

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Blues

Blues Meaning & Definition
Blues Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Blues?

[n] a type of folk song that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century; has a melancholy sound from repeated use of blue notes
[n] an informal term for a state of depression; "he had a bad case of the blues"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Blues: megrims

Related Terms | Find terms related to Blues: alba | anthem | art song | aubade | ballad | ballade | balladry | ballata | barcarole | blahs | blue devils | bluegrass | blues song | boat song | border ballads | Brautlied | bridal hymn | brindisi | calypso | canso | canticle | canzone | canzonet | canzonetta | carol | cavatina | chanson | chant | chantey | Christmas carol | city blues | country blues | country music | country-and-western music | croon | croon song | dejection | depression | dirge | dismals | ditty | dods | doldrums | dolefuls | dorts | drinking song | dumps | epithalamium | ethnic music | field holler | folk song | folk songs | frumps | gloom | grumps | heavyheartedness | hymeneal | Kunstlied | lay | Liebeslied | lied | lilt | love song | love-lilt | matin | megrims | melancholia | melancholy | minstrel song | minstrelsy | mopes | mulligrubs | mumps | national anthem | old-time country music | pouts | prothalamium | serena | serenade | serenata | song | sulks | sullens | the blues | theme song | torch song | unhappiness | Volkslied | war song | wedding song | western swing

See Also | African-American music | black music | blue note | boogie | boogie-woogie | depression | folk ballad | folk song

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