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blue devils

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plural noun
low spirits; depression.
delirium tremens.
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Origin of blue devils

First recorded in 1780–90

Words nearby blue devils

Blue Cross and Blue Shield, blue-curls, blue daisy, blue dandelion, blue dawn-flower, blue devils, blue dicks, blue dogwood, blue duck, Blue Ensign, blue-eyed
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Words related to blue devils

blahs, blues, delirium tremens, despair, despondency, d.t.'s, dumps, funk, gloom, melancholy, mopes, mulligrubs, pink elephants, unhappiness

British Dictionary definitions for blue devils

blue devils
pl n
a fit of depression or melancholy
an attack of delirium tremens
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