The action of frowning, etc.; a frown, scowl; a fit of sullenness.

A fit of melancholy or depression; now only in plural (colloquial and more or less humorous): Heaviness of mind, dejection, low spirits.

A state of depression or melancholy; despondency, low spirits. Chiefly in in (also out of) one's mubble-fubbles.

In plural. Now chiefly regional. A state or fit of depression; low spirits. Also: a bad temper or mood. In early use in (in) his (also her,etc.) mulli…

In later use with the. A fit of melancholy or ill humour. Now English regional.

An unaccountable fit of gloom or bad temper; a temporarily angry, irritable, or depressed state of mind. Originally in plural, esp. in †to be in one's…

colloquial. Usually with the. Feelings of melancholy, sadness, or depression; the ‘blue devils’ (blue devil, n. 2a).

In plural. Usually with the. A gloomy mood, a fit of depression.

A state of melancholy or depression; a sad or despondent look. Also in plural fits of melancholy.

in plural. Dullness; = doldrum, n. 2. Obsolete.

plural. Low spirits, the dumps, the ‘blues’.

plural the horrors (colloquial): a fit of horror or extreme depression; spec. such as occurs in delirium tremens.

With the: low spirits, depression.

plural the doldrums. A condition of dullness or drowsiness; dumps, low spirits, depression.

A doleful state. colloquial. (Cf. dismals.)

plural. (See quots.)

plural. The fidgets, jitteriness; a fit of depression. colloquial.

transferred and figurative. An unpleasant aftermath or reaction; depression, ‘blues’; clamour, uproar.

the sniffles, the snuffles. Also U.S. slang, a fit of low spirits.

U.S. The action of committing a minor or petty offence, such as loitering, etc.; contravention of a trivial or hypothetical law, esp. when used as…

Depression of spirits, the blues.

An unwell feeling, esp. in the head; moody depression.

Melancholia; depression; ‘the blues’.

With plural agreement. = jim-jam, n. 3a 3b.

Depression, despondency, low condition, esp. of spirits. Usually the blahs.

colloquial (originally U.S.). Cf. down, n.4 1c. A state of depression; a despondent mood. Chiefly in on a downer.