blahs

«blahs» in Mova's school dictionary: A feeling of being bored, tired, fed up or slightly sad… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (the blahs, plural, informal)

meaning for a pupil

1) (US, informal) A feeling of being bored, tired, fed up or slightly sad, without a clear reason. tree →

2) (informal) The plural of «blah», as in blah blah blah: boring or empty talk. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in US everyday talk, especially about winter: «the winter blahs», «a case of the blahs». In comics and stories «blah, blah, blah» stands for talk that is boring or not worth repeating.

examples

• I've got the Monday morning blahs. tree →
• The winter blahs make everyone grumpy. tree →
• A walk in the sunshine can cure the blahs. tree →
• All his blahs about football bored me. tree →
• She had a case of the blahs after the holidays ended. tree →

note

Informal; mostly American. Usually «the blahs». Not used in formal writing. If someone has the blahs for a long time, they should talk to a grown-up or a doctor.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «blahs» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.