Meaning

2 senses
  1. (idiomatic, plural, plural only, slang)Low spirits; depression.

    хандра́xandrá

    a state of depression

  2. (figuratively, plural, plural only, slang)Depressants, especially the barbiturate amobarbital.

Translations

3 languages
Русский
low spirits:

Origin

Originally apparitions supposed to be seen by sufferers of delirium tremens.

Originally apparitions supposed to be seen by sufferers of delirium tremens.

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Forms

plural: blue devilses
Singularblue devils
Pluralblue devilses

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
depression:mulligrubs
Close in meaning

See also

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