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singing the blues
adjective as in crestfallen
adjective as in downcast
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- bummed out
- cast down
- chapfallen
- cheerless
- crestfallen
- daunted
- dejected
- despondent
- disappointed
- disconsolate
- disheartened
- dismayed
- dispirited
- distressed
- doleful
- down in the dumps
- down-in-the-mouth
- downhearted
- dragged
- droopy
- dull
- gloomy
- glum
- heartsick
- in pain
- listless
- low-spirited
- miserable
- mopey
- morose
- oppressed
- sad
- shot down
- sunk
- troubled
- weighed down
- woebegone
adjective as in low
adjective as in morose
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- acrimonious
- blue
- brusque
- cantankerous
- choleric
- churlish
- crabbed
- crabby
- cross
- dolorous
- down
- down in the dumps
- down in the mouth
- frowning
- gruff
- harsh
- having blue devils
- having the blahs
- ill-humored
- ill-tempered
- in a bad mood
- in a blue funk
- irritable
- low
- moody
- moping
- perverse
- perversive
- saturnine
- snappish
- sour
- splenetic
- sulky
- taciturn
- troubled
adjective as in sorrowful
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Example Sentences
On Sunday, it had three of golf’s best singing the blues.
It’s not just music lovers singing the blues.
This year’s business meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention, held in New Orleans, left one famous Baptist pastor singing the blues.
“I mean, I’m singing the blues! I know that song as well as my own mother, and when I’m through, I can tell that the folks dig it: The place rings with applause.”
Without him, the oddly leaden “A Beautiful Noise” would really be singing the blues.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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