blue funk

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blue funk

n
slang a state of great terror or loss of nerve
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Noun1.blue funk - a state of nervous depressionblue funk - a state of nervous depression; "he was in a funk"
funk
depression - a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity
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They were in a blue funk, and the sight of the naked white warrior stepping silently out of the jungle through which they had just passed had been sufficient shock to let loose in action all the pent nerve energy of Malbihn, who had been the first to see the strange apparition.
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Juag had been terror-stricken when he had learned that I intended crossing the ocean, and when we passed out of sight of land be was in a blue funk. He said that he had never heard of such a thing before in his life, and that always he had understood that those who ventured far from land never returned; for how could they find their way when they could see no land to steer for?
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If I was going to be flogged next minute, I should be in a blue funk, but I couldn't help laughing at it for the life of me."
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