the blues

plural noun

: a feeling of sadness or depression

I've got (a case of) the blues.

Examples of the blues in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Before the blues rock giant hit the stage, a select group of VIP guests gathered for an exclusive Q&A hosted by Nashville journalist and musician Ted Drozdowski. — John D. Luerssen, SPIN, 9 Sep. 2026

That sunlight passing through Earth's atmosphere, where the blues are scattered away, and the reds are bent towards the moon, essentially casts the colors of the Earth's sunrises and sunsets onto the lunar surface. — Marina Jurica, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026

Guy appears in the four-time Academy Award-winning 2025 film Sinners, which helped introduce the blues and foundational aspects of his being to young people who may never have had the chance to encounter either otherwise. — Chris Barilla, PEOPLE, 20 Aug. 2026

And this idea of the reds and the grays teaming up against the blues very much seems to be the strategy that's being pursued in Silicon Valley. — Tonya Mosley, NPR, 10 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for the blues

• accrues
• accuse
• aircrews
• amuse
• bamboos
• breakthroughs
• canoes
• cashews
• chartreuse
• confuse
• construes
• defuse