baby blues

noun

Blue eyes.

“flash those baby blues”

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Meanings

baby blues1

nounbaby blues pl (plural only)
  1. informalpluralplural onlyBlue eyes.

    flash those baby blues

    1 more example

    bat those baby blues at me

baby blues2

nounbaby blues pl (plural only)
  1. informalpluralplural onlyPeriod and feeling of depressiveness after giving birth; a less severe form of postnatal depression.

    a bad case of the baby blues

    2 more examples

    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.

    2016, Dr. Nancy Lins, Baby Blues: A Naturopathic Approach for Postpartum Health, Balboa Press, →ISBN

    And you say that you're scared / Might be unprepared for havin' the baby blues

    2021, “Sweet Carolina”, performed by Lana Del Rey

baby blues3

noun
  1. pluralplural of baby blue (variants or shades of baby blue).

    Her colorways tend toward the baby blues and the periwinkles.

Origin

baby blues · noun

Ellipsis of baby blue eyes.

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baby blues · noun

From baby + blues.

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baby blues. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/baby%20blues

MLA

“baby blues.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/baby%20blues. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “baby blues,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/baby%20blues.

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