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Synonyms
- blues
- dejection
- depression
- desolation
- despond
- despondence
- despondency
- disconsolateness
- dispiritedness
- doldrums
- dolefulness
- downheartedness
- dreariness
- dumps
- forlornness
- gloom
- gloominess
- glumness
- heartsickness
- joylessness
- melancholy
- miserableness
- mopes
- mournfulness
- oppression
- sadness
- sorrowfulness
- unhappiness
Examples of blue devils in a Sentence
the shorter daylight hours in winter always give me the blue devils
Word History
First Known Use
1756, in the meaning defined above
Dictionary Entries Near blue devils
Cite this Entry
“Blue devils.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blue%20devils. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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