"blue Monday" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: blue Mondays [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} blue Monday (plural blue Mondays)
  1. (historical) A hungover state of the labor workforce after a weekend spent drinking. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-blue_Monday-en-noun-ncLr1hmX
  2. (informal) A Monday on which an individual feels gloomy or depressed, especially because of having to return to work after the weekend. Tags: informal Coordinate_terms: Black Monday
    Sense id: en-blue_Monday-en-noun-SR~OqndF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 67

Inflected forms

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