BLUES as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • 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
   Hypernyms(s) blues is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • black music (what does black music mean?)
   • African-American music (what does African-American music mean?)
   • folk song (what does folk song mean?)
   • folksong (what does folksong mean?)
   • folk ballad (what does folk ballad mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • boogie (what does boogie mean?)
   • boogie-woogie (what does boogie-woogie mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a state of depression
   Synonym(s)
   • blue devils (what does blue devils mean?)
   • megrims (what does megrims mean?)
   • vapors (what does vapors mean?)
   • vapours (what does vapours mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • he had a bad case of the blues
   Hypernyms(s) blues is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • depression (what does depression mean?)