BLUE

• (noun) any of numerous small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae

  A blue was hovering over the flower bed. -added by naila_inlas

• (noun) the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic

  synonyms : amobarbital sodium , amytal , blue angel , blue devil

  She was given a high dosage of blue. -added by naila_inlas

• (noun) blue clothing

  "she was wearing blue"

• (noun) blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime

  "he had eyes of bright blue"

  synonyms : blueness

• (noun) any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue

  "the Union army was a vast blue"

• (noun) the sky as viewed during daylight

  "he shot an arrow into the blue"

  synonyms : blue air , blue sky , wild blue yonder

• (noun) used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge

  synonyms : blueing , bluing

  A few drops of blue were enough to whiten the clothing. -added by naila_inlas

• (verb) turn blue

  The child blued as a result of holding his breath for so long. -added by naila_inlas

• (adj.) causing dejection

  "a blue day", "the dark days of the war", "a week of rainy depressing weather", "a disconsolate winter landscape", "the first dismal dispiriting days of November", "a dark gloomy day", "grim rainy weather"

  synonyms : dark , dingy , disconsolate , dismal , drab , drear , dreary , gloomy , grim , sorry

  It was a blue day for him. -added by naila_inlas

  Campaign workers grew increasingly disconsolate as the results came in. -added by nithi

• (adj.) of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky

  "October's bright blue weather", "a blue flame", "blue haze of tobacco smoke"

  synonyms : blueish , bluish

  October's bright blue weather filled him with enthusiasm. -added by naila_inlas

• (adj.) characterized by profanity or cursing

  "foul-mouthed and blasphemous", "blue language", "profane words"

  synonyms : blasphemous , profane

  Sailors are often known for their profane tongues. -added by naila_inlas

• (adj.) filled with melancholy and despondency

  "gloomy at the thought of what he had to face", "gloomy predictions", "a gloomy silence", "took a grim view of the economy", "the darkening mood", "lonely and blue in a strange city", "depressed by the loss of his job", "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face", "downcast after his defeat", "feeling discouraged and downhearted"

  synonyms : depressed , dispirited , down , down in the mouth , downcast , downhearted , gloomy , grim , low , low-spirited

  He was feeling very blue that morning. -added by naila_inlas

• (adj.) morally rigorous and strict

  "the puritan work ethic", "puritanic distaste for alcohol", "she was anything but puritanical in her behavior"

  synonyms : puritanic , puritanical

• (adj.) belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy

  "an aristocratic family", "aristocratic Bostonians", "aristocratic government", "a blue family", "blue blood", "the blue-blooded aristocracy", "of gentle blood", "patrician landholders of the American South", "aristocratic bearing", "aristocratic features", "patrician tastes"

  synonyms : aristocratic , aristocratical , blue-blooded , gentle , patrician

  He had a patrician taste in wines. -added by naila_inlas

• (adj.) used to signify the Union forces in the American Civil War (who wore blue uniforms)

  "a ragged blue line"

  She fell in love with the blue soldier. -added by naila_inlas

• (adj.) suggestive of sexual impropriety

  "a blue movie", "blue jokes", "he skips asterisks and gives you the gamy details", "a juicy scandal", "a naughty wink", "naughty words", "racy anecdotes", "a risque story", "spicy gossip"

  synonyms : gamey , gamy , juicy , naughty , racy , risque , spicy

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