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blue
adjective(blue)of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
Examples:
October's bright blue weather.
A blue flame.
Blue haze of tobacco smoke.
A blue flame.
Blue haze of tobacco smoke.
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noun(blue)blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime
Synonyms: blueness,
Examples:
He had eyes of bright blue.
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adjective(blue)causing dejection
Examples:
A blue day.
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noun(blue)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,
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adjective(blue)belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy
Examples:
A blue family.
Blue blood.
The blue-blooded aristocracy.
Blue blood.
The blue-blooded aristocracy.
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adjective(blue)suggestive of sexual impropriety
Examples:
A blue movie.
Blue jokes.
Blue jokes.
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adjective(blue)filled with melancholy and despondency
Synonyms: depressed, dispirited, down, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, gloomy, grim, low, low-spirited,
Examples:
Lonely and blue in a strange city.
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noun(blue)the sky as viewed during daylight
Synonyms: blue air, blue sky, wild blue yonder,
Examples:
He shot an arrow into the blue.
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adjective(blue)characterized by profanity or cursing
Synonyms: blasphemous, profane,
Examples:
Blue language.
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noun(blue)any of numerous small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae
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noun(blue)any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue
Examples:
The Union army was a vast blue.
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noun(blue)blue clothing
Examples:
She was wearing blue.
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verb(blue)turn blue
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adjective(blue)used to signify the Union forces in the American Civil War (who wore blue uniforms)
Examples:
A ragged blue line.