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blue funk

blue funk noun: a state of nervous depression.

Noun

blue funk (plural blue funks)

  1. (colloquial) A state of nervous depression.
    • […] both Whitehall and Downing Street are in a blue funk lest they should do the wrong thing, either let the man slip away with the papers or arrest him without them.1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    blue fit

Synonyms of blue funk

Forms of blue funk

pluralblue funks

Questions about blue funk

What does blue funk mean?
Blue funk means a state of nervous depression.
What part of speech is blue funk?
Blue funk is a noun.
What is the plural of blue funk?
The plural of blue funk is blue funks.

Words near blue funk in the dictionary

  1. blue forces
  2. blue fox
  3. blue foxes
  4. blue frog
  5. blue frogs
  6. blue funk
  7. blue funks
  8. blue giant
  9. blue giants
  10. blue ginger
  11. blue gingers

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