blues

noun7

1. •
   [usually plural] (informal) A feeling of sadness or depression.

   • I've got the blues today.
   • The blues have hit her hard, and she won't get out of bed.
2. •
   a form of music created by Black Americans, built on a repeating group of 8 or 12 bars

   • Many great blues musicians came from the Mississippi Delta region.
   • A large portion of modern popular music is influenced by the blues.
3. •
   A musical composition following blues forms.

   • My next number is a blues in G.
4. •
   [in the plural, usually plural] (informal) The negative emotional state produced by a particular action, occupation, experience, or idea.

   • I've got the lonely man's blues.
   • If you work here long enough, you'll have the butcher's blues just like me.
5. •
   A uniform made principally of a blue fabric, and especially a full dress uniform thus colored.

   • They marched in their dress blues.
6. •
   [in the plural, usually plural] (informal) One's particular life experience, particularly including the hardships one has faced.

   • Your blues is just like mine.
   • Your blues are just like mine.
7. •
   (slang) Any of various blue pills sold on the street, mimicking the appearance of prescription painkiller tablets.