ALL meanings of blues
blues
B b - noun plural blues a feeling of depression or deep unhappiness 3
- noun plural blues a type of folk song devised by Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century, usually employing a basic 12-bar chorus, the tonic, subdominant, and dominant chords, frequent minor intervals, and blue notes 3
- noun plural blues a depressed, unhappy feeling 3
- noun plural blues black folk music characterized by minor harmonies, typically slow tempo, and melancholy words 3
- noun plural blues the form of jazz that evolved from this 3
- noun plural blues a song or composition in this style 3
- noun blues the pure color of a clear sky; the primary color between green and violet in the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 450 and 500 nm. 1
- abbreviation BLUES bluing. 1
- noun blues something having a blue color: Place the blue next to the red. 1
- noun blues a person who wears blue or is a member of a group characterized by some blue symbol: Tomorrow the blues will play the browns. 1
- noun blues (often initial capital letter) a member of the Union army in the American Civil War or the army itself. Compare gray1 (def 13). 1
- abbreviation BLUES bluestocking. 1
- noun blues blue ribbon (def 1). 1
- noun blues any of several blue-winged butterflies of the family Lycaenidae. 1
- noun blues Printing. blueline. 1
- noun blues the blue. the sky. the sea. the remote distance: They've vanished into the blue somewhere. 1
- adjective blues of the color of blue: a blue tie. 1
- adjective blues (initial capital letter) of or relating to the Union army in the American Civil War. 1
- adjective blues (of the skin) discolored by cold, contusion, fear, or vascular collapse. 1
- adjective blues depressed in spirits; dejected; melancholy: She felt blue about not being chosen for the team. 1
- adjective blues holding or offering little hope; dismal; bleak: a blue outlook. 1
- adjective blues characterized by or stemming from rigid morals or religion: statutes that were blue and unrealistic. 1
- adjective blues marked by blasphemy: The air was blue with oaths. 1
- adjective blues (of an animal's pelage) grayish-blue. 1
- adjective blues indecent; somewhat obscene; risqué: a blue joke or film. 1
- verb with object blues to make blue; dye a blue color. 1
- verb with object blues to tinge with bluing: Don't blue your clothes till the second rinse. 1
- verb without object blues to become or turn blue. 1
- idioms blues blue in the face, exhausted and speechless, as from excessive anger, physical strain, etc.: I reminded him about it till I was blue in the face. 1
- idioms blues out of the blue, suddenly and unexpectedly: The inheritance came out of the blue as a stroke of good fortune. 1
- noun blues plural of blue. 0
- noun blues (Informal) (chiefly in the plural) A feeling of sadness or depression. 0
- noun blues (music) A musical form, African-American in origin, generally featuring an eight-bar or twelve-bar blues structure and using the blues scale. 0
- noun blues (sports) Any of a number of sports teams which wear blue kit. 0
- noun blues A uniform made principally of a blue fabric. 0
- verb blues third-person singular simple present indicative form of blue. 0