Unscramble blues

Definition of blues

noun:

• a type of folksong that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century; has a melancholy sound from repeated use of blue notes.
• a state of depression; "he had a bad case of the blues". Synonyms: blue devils, megrims, vapors, vapours.
• blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime; "he had eyes of bright blue". Synonyms: blue, blueness.
• blue clothing; "she was wearing blue". Synonyms: blue.
• any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue; "the Union army was a vast blue". Synonyms: blue.
• the sky as viewed during daylight; "he shot an arrow into the blue". Synonyms: blue, blue air, blue sky, wild blue yonder.
• used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge. Synonyms: blue, blueing, bluing.
• the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic. Synonyms: Amytal, amobarbital sodium, blue, blue angel, blue devil.
• any of numerous small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae. Synonyms: blue.

verb:

• turn blue. Synonyms: blue.

Related words

aqua, aquamarine, azure, boogie, cerulean, lazuline, navy, sapphire, turquoise, ultramarine.

Words nearby

blue, lues.

Rhymes with

abuse, accuse, amuse, bemuse, booze, bruise, chartreuse, choose, clews, confuse, cruise, cruse, defuse, diffuse, disabuse, druse, druze, enthuse, excuse, fuse.