feel blue



feel blue

Fig. to feel sad. You look like you feel blue. What's wrong?
See also: blue, feel

feel blue

Be depressed or sad, as in I was really feeling blue after she told me she was leaving. The use of blue to mean "sad" dates from the late 1300s. See also blue funk, def. 2; have the blues.
See also: blue, feel

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Judytayuw-DI-tahPolish
Jill[dʒil]
Nelinha-Portuguese
Filomenafee-lo-ME-nah (Italian)Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch
ProkhorPRO-khahrRussian
Yannick-Breton, French