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单词 blue devils
释义

blue devils

plural noun

: low spirits : despondency

Synonyms

  • blues
  • dejection
  • depression
  • desolation
  • despond
  • despondence
  • despondency
  • disconsolateness
  • dispiritedness
  • doldrums
  • dolefulness
  • downheartedness
  • dreariness
  • dumps
  • forlornness
  • gloom
  • gloominess
  • glumness
  • heartsickness
  • joylessness
  • melancholy
  • miserableness
  • mopes
  • mournfulness
  • oppression
  • sadness
  • sorrowfulness
  • unhappiness
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Word History

First Known Use

1756, in the meaning defined above

blue devils

plural noun

as in sadness
a state or spell of low spirits the shorter daylight hours in winter always give me the blue devils

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • sadness
  • sorrowfulness
  • depression
  • melancholy
  • mournfulness
  • dispiritedness
  • sorrow
  • blues
  • dolefulness
  • oppression
  • anguish
  • grief
  • disconsolateness
  • unhappiness
  • gloom
  • dumps
  • misery
  • heartsickness
  • joylessness
  • dejection
  • downheartedness
  • agony
  • desperation
  • dreariness
  • gloominess
  • miserableness
  • despair
  • glumness
  • mopes
  • forlornness
  • mourning
  • pain
  • boredom
  • doldrums
  • distress
  • woefulness
  • regret
  • despondence
  • desolation
  • despondency
  • despond
  • melancholia
  • dolor
  • discouragement
  • dismalness
  • somberness
  • morosity
  • woe
  • hopelessness
  • wretchedness
  • disheartenment
  • ennui
  • moroseness
  • morbidness
  • self-pity
  • tedium
  • moodiness
  • drear
  • rue
  • self-despair

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • joy
  • happiness
  • ecstasy
  • heaven
  • exuberance
  • intoxication
  • euphoria
  • bliss
  • elatedness
  • felicity
  • exultation
  • rapture
  • elation
  • exhilaration
  • jubilation
  • joyfulness
  • joyousness
  • gladness
  • glee
  • rapturousness
  • gladsomeness
  • mirth
  • gayety
  • humor
  • optimism
  • gaiety
  • gayness
  • lightheartedness
  • joviality
  • blissfulness
  • cheerfulness
  • content
  • jollity
  • satisfaction
  • hopefulness
  • contentment
  • merriment
  • mirthfulness
  • cheer
  • cheeriness
  • gleefulness
  • delight
  • gratification
  • contentedness
  • sunniness
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