blue

Meaning of blue

adjective
  1. 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
  2. (of a person or mood) melancholy, sad, or depressed.
    he's feeling blue
  3. (of a film, joke, or story) having sexual or pornographic content.
    a blue movie
  4. politically conservative.
    the successful blue candidate
noun
  1. blue colour or pigment.
    she was dressed in blue
    the dark blue of his eyes
    armchairs in pastel blues and greens
  2. a small butterfly, the male of which is predominantly blue while the female is typically brown.
  3. 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
  4. an argument or fight.
    did you have a blue or what?
  5. a mistake.
    his tactical blue in saying the opposition wasn't ready to govern
  6. a nickname for a red-headed person.
    only an Aussie could make a red-headed man ‘Blue.’
  7. a supporter of the Conservative Party.
verb
  1. make or become blue.
    the light dims, bluing the retina
    blued paper
    the day would haze, the air bluing with afternoon
  2. 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.
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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:

bluish, blueish

Meaning depressed:

depressed, dispirited, down, downcast, downhearted, low

Meaning blasphemous:

blasphemous, profane

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:

blueness

Meaning bluing:

bluing, blueing

Meaning amobarbital sodium:

Amytal

Meaning bright blue in colour like a cloudless sky:

azure

Meaning a transparent precious stone, typically blue, which is a variety of corundum (aluminium oxide):

sapphire

Meaning deep blue in colour like a clear sky:

cerulean

Meaning a brilliant deep blue pigment originally obtained from lapis lazuli, now made from powdered fired clay, sodium carbonate, sulphur, and resin:

ultramarine

Meaning a tropical plant of the pea family, which was formerly widely cultivated as a source of dark blue dye:

indigo

Meaning a precious stone consisting of a light bluish-green variety of beryl:

aquamarine

Meaning a greenish-blue colour:

turquoise

Meaning a greenish-blue colour which is one of the primary subtractive colours, complementary to red:

cyan

Meaning feeling or showing sorrow; unhappy:

sad

Meaning cause to feel sorrow; make unhappy:

saddened

Meaning not happy:

unhappy

Meaning having a feeling of melancholy; sad and pensive:

melancholy

Meaning (of a person) wretchedly unhappy or uncomfortable:

miserable

Meaning feeling or showing grief:

sorrowful

Meaning sad and depressed; dispirited:

dejected

Meaning having lost determination or confidence; dispirited:

disheartened

Meaning in low spirits from loss of hope or courage:

despondent

Meaning looking or feeling dejected; morose:

glum

Meaning sullen and ill-tempered:

morose

Meaning crying or inclined to cry:

tearful

Meaning not conforming with generally accepted standards of behaviour, especially in relation to sexual matters:

indecent

Meaning concerned with sex in a lewd or obscene way:

dirty

Meaning referring to a taboo subject such as sex in a way considered embarrassing or offensive:

rude

Meaning (of a person or their speech) rude or vulgar:

coarse

Meaning making explicit and offensive reference to sex or bodily functions; coarse and rude:

vulgar

Meaning dealing with sexual matters in a comical way; humorously indecent:

bawdy

Meaning crude and offensive in a sexual way:

lewd

Meaning having or conveying undue or inappropriate interest in sexual matters:

salacious

Meaning evil or morally wrong:

wicked

Meaning not in accordance with accepted standards, especially of morality or honesty:

improper

Meaning (of behaviour or actions) not proper or appropriate:

unseemly

Meaning (of talk, writing, or pictures) obscene or lascivious:

smutty

Meaning (of food) not cooked:

raw

Meaning referring to sexual matters in an amusingly coarse or irreverent way:

ribald

Meaning displaying earthy humour; bawdy:

Rabelaisian

Meaning constituting or resembling pornography; obscene:

pornographic

Meaning obscene and offensive:

filthy

Meaning (of the portrayal or description of sexual matters) offensive or disgusting by accepted standards of morality and decency:

obscene

Meaning causing someone to feel resentful, upset, or annoyed:

offensive

Meaning having or encouraging an excessive interest in sexual matters, especially the sexual activity of others:

prurient

Meaning involving immoral or dishonourable actions and motives; arousing moral distaste and contempt:

sordid

Meaning (of language) obscene:

foul

Meaning extremely unpleasant:

vile

Meaning relating to or tending to arouse sexual desire or excitement:

erotic

Meaning evoke or awaken (a feeling, emotion, or response):

arousing

Meaning sexually attractive or exciting:

sexy

Meaning making someone think of sexual matters:

suggestive

Meaning arousing mild sexual excitement or interest; salacious:

titillating

Meaning stated clearly and in detail, leaving no room for confusion or doubt:

explicit

Meaning pornographic:

porn, porno

Meaning energetically earthy and sexually explicit:

raunchy

Meaning the thin layer of tissue forming the natural outer covering of the body of a person or animal:

skin

Meaning sexually suggestive in content or style:

fruity

Meaning sexually suggestive in a light-hearted and humorous way:

saucy

Meaning suitable only for adults (used euphemistically to refer to a sexually explicit film, book, or magazine):

adult

blue antonyms

Meaning feeling or showing pleasure or contentment:

happy

Meaning noticeably happy and optimistic:

cheerful

Meaning free from dirt, marks, or stains:

clean

Meaning designed to be suitable for children as well as adults:

family

Translation of blue

Anagrams of blue

bleu, lube

Words that rhyme with blue

Blue, reblue, trueblue, Uniblue, antiblue, nitroblue

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