baby blues
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.29 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Period and feeling of depressiveness after giving birth; a less severe form of postnatal depression.
Informal
Example Sentences
- "flash those baby blues"
- "bat those baby blues at me"
- "a bad case of the baby blues"
- "Most women (70–80 percent) will experience “baby blues” beginning a few days or weeks postpartum. Symptoms can include irritability, mood swings, crying spells, feelings of tension or nervousness, sleep disturbance, feelings of being overwhelmed, loss of appetite, and sadness. Baby blues generally lasts anywhere form a few hours to a few days and is caused by the sudden fluctuation of hormones following birth."
- "And you say that you're scared / Might be unprepared for havin' the baby blues"
- "Her colorways tend toward the baby blues and the periwinkles."