blues
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(noun) a type of folk song that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century; has a melancholy sound from repeated used of blue notes |
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Related Words: boogie, boogie-woogie, folk ballad, folk song |
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(noun) an informal term for a state of depression; "he had a bad case of the blues" |
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Synonyms: megrims |
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Related Words: depression |
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