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blue > 16 senses
ADJECTIVE1blue, bluish, blueish, light-blue, dark-blue, blue-blackHaving a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
2blueUsed to signify the Union forces in the Civil War (who wore blue uniforms)
3blue, depressed, dispirited, down, downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth, low, low-spiritedLow in spirits
4blue, blasphemous, profaneCharacterized by profanity or cursing
5blue, gamy, gamey, juicy, naughty, racy, risque, spicySuggestive of sexual impropriety
6blue, aristocratic, aristocratical, blue-blooded, gentle, patricianBelonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy
7blue, puritan, puritanic, puritanicalMorally rigorous and strict
8blue, dark, depressing, disconsolate, dismal, dispiriting, gloomy, grimCausing dejection
NOUN1blue, bluenessThe color of the clear sky in the daytime
2blueBlue clothing
3blueAny organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue
4blue, blue sky, blue air, wild blue yonderThe sky as viewed during daylight
5blue, bluing, blueingUsed to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge
6blue, amobarbital sodium, blue angel, blue devil, AmytalThe sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate
7blueAny of numerous small chiefly blue butterflies of the family Lycaenidae
VERB1blueTurn blue
blue > pronunciation
Soundsbluw'
Rhymesbleu, clue, flue, and 15 more rhymes in luw at the HyperDic website...
blue > adjective 1
MeaningHaving a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky.
Examples"October's bright blue weather"- Helen Hunt Jackson; "a blue flame"; "blue haze of tobacco smoke"
Synonymsbluish, blueish, light-blue, dark-blue, blue-black
Similar tochromatic
blue > adjective 2
MeaningUsed to signify the Union forces in the Civil War (who wore blue uniforms).
Examples"a ragged blue line"
Similar tonorthern
blue > adjective 3
MeaningLow in spirits.
Examples"lonely and blue in a strange city"
Synonymsdepressed, dispirited, down, downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth, low, low-spirited
Similar todejected
blue > adjective 4
MeaningCharacterized by profanity or cursing.
Examples"blue language"
Synonymsblasphemous, profane
Similar todirty
blue > adjective 5
MeaningSuggestive of sexual impropriety.
Examples"a blue movie"; "blue jokes"
Synonymsgamy, gamey, juicy, naughty, racy, risque, spicy
Similar tosexy
blue > adjective 6
MeaningBelonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy.
Examples"a blue family"; "blue blood"; "the blue-blooded aristocracy"
Synonymsaristocratic, aristocratical, blue-blooded, gentle, patrician
Similar tonoble
blue > adjective 7
MeaningMorally rigorous and strict.
Examples"blue laws"
Synonymspuritan, puritanic, puritanical
Similar tononindulgent
blue > adjective 8
MeaningCausing dejection.
Examples"a blue day"
Synonymsdark, depressing, disconsolate, dismal, dispiriting, gloomy, grim
Similar tocheerless, uncheerful
blue > noun 1, attribute
MeaningThe color of the clear sky in the daytime.
Examples"he had eyes of bright blue"
Synonymsblueness
Narrowerazure, cerulean, sapphire, lazuline, sky-blue; powder blue; steel blue; Prussian blue; dark blue, navy, navy blue; greenish blue, aqua, aquamarine, turquoise, cobalt blue, peacock blue; purplish blue, royal blue; ultramarine; Payne's gray
Broaderchromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour
Verbsblue
blue > noun 2, artifact
MeaningBlue clothing.
Examples"she was wearing blue"
Broaderclothing, article of clothing, vesture, wear
blue > noun 3, group
MeaningAny organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue.
Examples"the Union army was a vast blue"
NarrowerUnion Army
Broaderorganization, organisation
blue > noun 4, object
MeaningThe sky as viewed during daylight.
Examples"he shot an arrow into the blue"
Synonymsblue sky, blue air, wild blue yonder
Broadersky
blue > noun 5, substance
MeaningUsed to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge.
Synonymsbluing, blueing
Broaderdye, dyestuff
blue > noun 6, artifact
MeaningThe sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate. Used as a sedative and a hypnotic.
Synonymsamobarbital sodium, blue angel, blue devil, Amytal
Broaderamobarbital
blue > noun 7, animal
MeaningAny of numerous small chiefly blue butterflies of the family Lycaenidae.
Member ofLycaena, genus Lycaena
Broaderlycaenid, lycaenid butterfly
blue > verb, change
MeaningTurn blue.
PatternSomething ----s
Broaderdiscolor, discolour, colour, color
Nounsblue; bluing

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