blue funk


noun
  1. slang a state of great terror or loss of nerve

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How to use blue funk in a sentence

  • Not exactly a blue funk, you know, but still he did not half like it, and wished he was well out of it.

    Dr. Jolliffe's Boys | Lewis Hough
  • He went into a blue funk at the sight of her, and she had the greatest difficulty in coaxing him to propose.

    What Will People Say? | Rupert Hughes
  • And although theres no need to get into blue funk about it, like Bassett, it may very easily be the last step too.

    The Exiles of Faloo | Barry Pain
  • As for Blue Spectacles, the devil-may-care ease of the Irishman had put him into a blue funk.

    Mated from the Morgue | John Augustus O'Shea
  • Of course my heart was beating furiously, as I was in a blue funk about the decision which would be arrived at.

    Trooper 3809 | Lionel Decle