THE BLUES
ADJECTIVES
1611 ► IN THE SUDS in the blues, in the sulks; downcast, in the dumps; ill-humoured → Eng. dial.
NOUNS
1529 ► THE MARE the blues; melancholy → obs.
1589 ► MUBBLE-FUBBLES the blues; depression of spirits → sl. obs.
1599 ► MULLIGRUBS a fit of the blues; depression of spirits; sullenness; the sulks; ill temper
1777 ► DISMALS the blues; a melancholy mood; gloom, low spirits → Amer. dial.
1806 ► MOLLYGRUBS the blues; a condition of despondency or ill temper; sulkiness, sullenness → Amer. dial.
1810 ► BLUE DEVILS the blues; melancholy, depression, low spirits → Amer. dial.
1898 ► BOTS the blues; a vague feeling of unwellness → Amer. dial.
1899 ► FANTODS the blues; a feeling of depression; a fit of the sulks; a being gloomy → Amer. dial.
1910 ► THE JOES the blues; depression → Aust. sl.
1911 ► RED-NOSE the blues; discouragement → Amer. dial.
1916 ► NAGRAMS the blues; depression → Amer. dial.
1924 ► CAFARD the blues; depression, melancholy
1927 ► THE MOKUS the blues; a state of depression → Amer. sl.
1967 ► GOLLYWOBBLES the blues; depression or nervousness; a depressed or gloomy mood → Amer. dial.
1967 ► THE MEAN REDS the blues; a state of depression, a gloomy mood → Amer. dial.
1967 ► THE REDS the blues; a state of depression, a gloomy mood → Amer. dial.
1968 ► GLOOMS the blues; low spirits → Amer. dial.
1968 ► THE GO-DOWNS the blues; a state of depression → Amer. dial.
1969 ► THE BLAHS the blues; a state of mental depression → sl., orig. & chiefly US
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