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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

having the blues

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.32 in modern English

Syllables
hav-ing the blues
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
2
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of have the blues

Questions

What does having the blues mean?
present participle and gerund of have the blues

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