Synonyms of blue devils

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

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of blue devils

While the rest of the blue devils get to push people in the back on rebounds. —Andrew Joseph, For The Win, 25 Mar. 2018