blues

noun [U]

/bluːz/

Definition

› a type of slow, sad music, originally from the southern US, in which the singer typically sings about their difficult life or bad luck in love: Billie Holiday was famous for singing the blues. a famous blues singer → See also blue adjectiveJazz and bluesTypes of music

(Definition of blues noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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