BLUE
Scrabble letter values: B3L1U1E1 = 6
Definition
- verb turn blue.
- noun blue color or pigment. — synonyms: blueness
- noun blue clothing.
- noun any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue.
- noun the sky as viewed during daylight. — synonyms: blue_sky, blue_air, wild_blue_yonder
- noun used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge. — synonyms: bluing, blueing
- noun the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate. — synonyms: amobarbital_sodium, blue_angel, blue_devil, Amytal
- noun any of numerous small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae.
- adjective of the color intermediate between green and violet. — synonyms: bluish, blueish
- adjective used to signify the Union forces in the American Civil War (who wore blue uniforms).
- adjective filled with melancholy and despondency. — synonyms: gloomy, grim, depressed, dispirited, down(p), downcast, downhearted, down_in_the_mouth
- adjective characterized by profanity or cursing. — synonyms: blasphemous, profane
- adjective suggestive of sexual impropriety. — synonyms: gamy, gamey, juicy, naughty, racy, risque, spicy
- adjective belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy. — synonyms: aristocratic, aristocratical, blue-blooded, gentle, patrician
- adjective morally rigorous and strict. — synonyms: blue(a), puritanic, puritanical
- adjective causing dejection. — synonyms: dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, gloomy, grim, sorry, drab
Examples
- “resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime”
- “he had eyes of bright blue”
- “she was wearing blue”