BLUE

Definition

1. verb turn blue.
2. noun blue color or pigment. — synonyms: blueness
3. noun blue clothing.
4. noun any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue.
5. noun the sky as viewed during daylight. — synonyms: blue_sky, blue_air, wild_blue_yonder
6. noun used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge. — synonyms: bluing, blueing
7. noun the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate. — synonyms: amobarbital_sodium, blue_angel, blue_devil, Amytal
8. noun any of numerous small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae.
9. adjective of the color intermediate between green and violet. — synonyms: bluish, blueish
10. adjective used to signify the Union forces in the American Civil War (who wore blue uniforms).
11. adjective filled with melancholy and despondency. — synonyms: gloomy, grim, depressed, dispirited, down(p), downcast, downhearted, down_in_the_mouth
12. adjective characterized by profanity or cursing. — synonyms: blasphemous, profane
13. adjective suggestive of sexual impropriety. — synonyms: gamy, gamey, juicy, naughty, racy, risque, spicy
14. adjective belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy. — synonyms: aristocratic, aristocratical, blue-blooded, gentle, patrician
15. adjective morally rigorous and strict. — synonyms: blue(a), puritanic, puritanical
16. adjective causing dejection. — synonyms: dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, gloomy, grim, sorry, drab