blue funk

noun

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

Example Sentences

Our adult daughter, 28, doesn’t call us often, but often when she does, she is in a blue funk and sees every aspect of her life as a negative.

From Washington Post

Despite the blue funk he wallowed in after Hillary lost to Obama in the 2008 primaries, he pulled out of it to deliver a speech in Denver that bestowed on the usurper his full blessing.

From Washington Post

The beauty and transience of life may have triggered her blue funk, which she views in a matter-of-fact fashion.

From Washington Post

Regardless of the manufacturer’s woes, many customers are left with the blue funk of betrayal, and cars of uncertain future.

From The Guardian

Civility puts me in a blue funk too.

From The Guardian