blue Monday
Depressing week start
Blue Monday is the Monday after a period of enjoyment—typically the first workday after a holiday weekend or vacation, when returning to routine feels especially dreary.
The phrase also refers to a specific Monday in January (often the third), promoted as the most depressing day of the year, though this originated as a marketing gimmick.
I always get the blue Monday blues after a long weekend.
- weekdayNon-weekend calendar day
- back to workResuming one's occupation
- depressionProlonged low state
- dreadIntense anticipatory fear
- ennuiWeary, listless dissatisfaction
sadness · mood · burnout · January · rainy day · fatigue · anxiety · mournfulness · workweek · despair · New Order · melancholy · wistfulness · sorrow · seasonal affective disorder · gloom · dejection · stress
blue MondayTGIF
End-of-week exclamation
casual Friday · holiday · red-letter day · Friyay · golden hour
blue MondaySaturday morning
Sixth day's early hours
long weekend · three-day weekend · Friday · quitting time · Saturday night
blue, Monday, blues, bluish, blued, bluing, blueing, bluer, bluest