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black dog

noun

Informal.
  1. melancholy; despondency; the blues.

    The black dog is over him.



black dog

noun

  1. informaldepression or melancholy

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of black dog1

First recorded in 1700–10
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Example Sentences

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"Being the topic of every discussion for such a long period of time was overwhelming and extremely damaging to people's social and emotional well-being," says Clinton Schultz, a Gamilaroi/Gomeroi man, psychologist and Director of First Nations Strategy at the Black Dog Institute.

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She said the black dog "came running towards them".

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And the Barghest was a spectre who took the form of a bear or a black dog with large, flaming eyes as big as saucers.

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I left my own black dog behind on my way to Cannes, so there was no way I wasn’t committing to this one.

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Kodi the griffon mix, who plays Cosmos in the Swiss comedy-drama, narrowly beat Xin, a sighthound who instead wagged away with the Grand Jury Prize for the Chinese drama “Black Dog.”

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