There go the twelve bars blues.
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Blues
//bluːz//
Synonyms for "blues" (140 found)
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Closest matches (28)
Strong matches (42)
Related words (70)
Noun(26 words)
ill-beinginfelicitymegrimsmelancholiamelancholymirthlessmiserymishappinessmournprosternationregretremorserueruthsadnesssorrowsorrowfulnesstristessetristfulnessundelight
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Proper Noun(1 words)
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11 entriesTranslations
43 translations across 30 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- بَلُوز noun (musical form)
- بْلُوز noun (musical form)
Armenian
1 entries- բլյուզ noun (musical form)
Belarusian
1 entries- блюз noun (musical form)
Bulgarian
1 entries- блус noun (musical form)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 布魯斯 /布鲁斯 noun (musical form)
- 藍調 /蓝调 noun (musical form)
Danish
1 entries- blues noun (musical form)
Esperanto
1 entries- bluso noun (musical form)
Finnish
2 entries- blues noun (musical form)
- blues noun (musical composition)
French
1 entries- blues noun (musical form)
Georgian
1 entries- ბლუზი noun (musical form)
German
3 entries- Blues noun (musical form)
- Blues noun (musical composition)
- Trübsal noun (feeling of sadness)
Greek
1 entries- μπλουζ noun (musical form)
Hebrew
1 entries- בלוז noun (musical form)
Hindi
1 entries- ब्लूज़ noun (musical form)
Irish
1 entries- gruaim noun (feeling of sadness)
Italian
2 entries- malinconia noun (feeling of sadness)
- paturnie noun (feeling of sadness)
Japanese
1 entries- ブルース noun (musical form)
Korean
1 entries- 블루스 noun (musical form)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- блюз noun (musical form)
Māori
2 entries- puoro kōrangaranga noun (musical form)
- puoro kōrangaranga noun (musical composition)
Persian
1 entries- بلوز noun (musical form)
Polish
3 entries- blues noun (musical form)
- blues noun (musical composition)
- chandra noun (feeling of sadness)
Portuguese
3 entries- blues noun (musical form)
- blues noun (musical composition)
- tristeza noun (feeling of sadness)
Russian
2 entries- блюз noun (musical form)
- блюз noun (musical composition)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- bluz noun (musical form)
Spanish
1 entries- murria noun (feeling of sadness)
Swedish
2 entries- blues noun (musical form)
- blues noun (musical composition)
Thai
1 entries- บลูส์ noun (musical form)
Turkish
1 entries- blues noun (musical form)
Ukrainian
1 entries- блюз noun (musical form)
Sample sentences
23 total sentences available.
I have the blues today.
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I often get the blues.
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Blues singer and guitarist Robert Johnson would have been 100 years old on May 8th of 2011 if he hadn't died when he was 27 years old.
Source: tatoeba (881938)
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