blue
Meaning of blue
adjective
- of a colour intermediate between green and violet, as of the sky or sea on a sunny day.
the clear blue sky
a blue silk shirt
deep blue eyes
- (of a person or mood) melancholy, sad, or depressed.
he's feeling blue
- (of a film, joke, or story) having sexual or pornographic content.
a blue movie
- politically conservative.
the successful blue candidate
- blue colour or pigment.
she was dressed in blue
the dark blue of his eyes
armchairs in pastel blues and greens
- a small butterfly, the male of which is predominantly blue while the female is typically brown.
- a person who has represented Cambridge University (a Cambridge blue ) or Oxford University (an Oxford blue ) at a particular sport in a match between the two universities.
a flyweight boxing blue
- an argument or fight.
did you have a blue or what?
- a mistake.
his tactical blue in saying the opposition wasn't ready to govern
- a nickname for a red-headed person.
only an Aussie could make a red-headed man ‘Blue.’
- a supporter of the Conservative Party.
- make or become blue.
the light dims, bluing the retina
blued paper
the day would haze, the air bluing with afternoon
- wash (white clothes) with bluing.
they blued the shirts and starched the uniforms
Middle English: from Old French bleu, ultimately of Germanic origin and related to Old English blǣwen ‘blue’ and Old Norse blár ‘dark blue’ (see also blaeberry).
verb
squander or recklessly spend (money).
mid 19th century: perhaps a variant of blow1.
Information about blue
- The plural form of blue is: blues.
- Languages in which blue is used:
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Hyphenation of blue
blue
- It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
- blue is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
blue synonyms
Meaning bluish:
Meaning depressed:
depressed, dispirited, down, downcast, downhearted, low
Meaning blasphemous:
Meaning gamy:
gamy, gamey, juicy, naughty, racy, spicy
Meaning aristocratic:
aristocratic, aristocratical, gentle, patrician
Meaning puritan:
puritan, puritanic, puritanical
Meaning dark:
dark, depressing, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, dispiriting, gloomy, grim, sorry, drab, drear, dreary
Meaning blueness:
Meaning bluing:
Meaning amobarbital sodium:
Meaning bright blue in colour like a cloudless sky:
Meaning a transparent precious stone, typically blue, which is a variety of corundum (aluminium oxide):
Meaning deep blue in colour like a clear sky:
Meaning a brilliant deep blue pigment originally obtained from lapis lazuli, now made from powdered fired clay, sodium carbonate, sulphur, and resin:
Meaning a tropical plant of the pea family, which was formerly widely cultivated as a source of dark blue dye:
Meaning a precious stone consisting of a light bluish-green variety of beryl:
Meaning a greenish-blue colour:
Meaning a greenish-blue colour which is one of the primary subtractive colours, complementary to red:
Meaning feeling or showing sorrow; unhappy:
Meaning cause to feel sorrow; make unhappy:
Meaning not happy:
Meaning having a feeling of melancholy; sad and pensive:
Meaning (of a person) wretchedly unhappy or uncomfortable:
Meaning feeling or showing grief:
Meaning sad and depressed; dispirited:
Meaning having lost determination or confidence; dispirited:
Meaning in low spirits from loss of hope or courage:
Meaning looking or feeling dejected; morose:
Meaning sullen and ill-tempered:
Meaning crying or inclined to cry:
Meaning not conforming with generally accepted standards of behaviour, especially in relation to sexual matters:
Meaning concerned with sex in a lewd or obscene way:
Meaning referring to a taboo subject such as sex in a way considered embarrassing or offensive:
Meaning (of a person or their speech) rude or vulgar:
Meaning making explicit and offensive reference to sex or bodily functions; coarse and rude:
Meaning dealing with sexual matters in a comical way; humorously indecent:
Meaning crude and offensive in a sexual way:
Meaning having or conveying undue or inappropriate interest in sexual matters:
Meaning evil or morally wrong:
Meaning not in accordance with accepted standards, especially of morality or honesty:
Meaning (of behaviour or actions) not proper or appropriate:
Meaning (of talk, writing, or pictures) obscene or lascivious:
Meaning (of food) not cooked:
Meaning referring to sexual matters in an amusingly coarse or irreverent way:
Meaning displaying earthy humour; bawdy:
Meaning constituting or resembling pornography; obscene:
Meaning obscene and offensive:
Meaning (of the portrayal or description of sexual matters) offensive or disgusting by accepted standards of morality and decency:
Meaning causing someone to feel resentful, upset, or annoyed:
Meaning having or encouraging an excessive interest in sexual matters, especially the sexual activity of others:
Meaning involving immoral or dishonourable actions and motives; arousing moral distaste and contempt:
Meaning (of language) obscene:
Meaning extremely unpleasant:
Meaning relating to or tending to arouse sexual desire or excitement:
Meaning evoke or awaken (a feeling, emotion, or response):
Meaning sexually attractive or exciting:
Meaning making someone think of sexual matters:
Meaning arousing mild sexual excitement or interest; salacious:
Meaning stated clearly and in detail, leaving no room for confusion or doubt:
Meaning pornographic:
Meaning energetically earthy and sexually explicit:
Meaning the thin layer of tissue forming the natural outer covering of the body of a person or animal:
Meaning sexually suggestive in content or style:
Meaning sexually suggestive in a light-hearted and humorous way:
Meaning suitable only for adults (used euphemistically to refer to a sexually explicit film, book, or magazine):
blue antonyms
Meaning feeling or showing pleasure or contentment:
Meaning noticeably happy and optimistic:
Meaning free from dirt, marks, or stains:
Meaning designed to be suitable for children as well as adults:
Translation of blue
- French: bleu, triste, déprimé, abattu, démoralisé, morose, décourageant
- German: blau, Blau, deprimiert, down, gedrückt, bedrückt, niedergeschlagen, trübselig, trübsinnig, geknickt, bleu, entmutigen
- Portuguese: azul, deprimido
- Spanish: azul, triste, desanimado, deprimido, melancólico, melancólica, deprimida, desanimada, abatido, abatida, desmoralizado, desmoralizada, desconsolado, desconsolada, deprimente, depresivo, depresiva
- Italian: azzurro, blu, triste, depresso, abbattuto, deprimente, scoraggiante, sconsolante
Anagrams of blue
Words that rhyme with blue
Blue, reblue, trueblue, Uniblue, antiblue, nitroblue
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