blue

Letters that make blue

b, e, l, u are letters that make 'blue'

Words within blue

Lu are words within 'blue'

Anagrams of blue

bleu, lube are anagrams of 'blue'

Words created by adding a letter to the beginning or end of blue

blues, blued, bluer, bluet, bluey are words created by adding a letter to 'blue'


15 possible definitions for 'blue'

Blue as "characterized by profanity or cursing"

Under this definition, blue is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

blasphemous, profane have the same meaning as 'blue'

Derivatives of blue

profaneness, unsanctification, blasphemy, profanity are derivatives of 'blue'.

Similar to blue

dirty is similar to blue.

Example of blue used within this context

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


Blue as "used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge"

Under this definition, blue is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

bluing, blueing have the same meaning as 'blue'

blue as a type

'blue' can be a type of dye, dyestuff.


Blue as "turn blue"

Under this definition, blue is a verb and has the following properties:

blue as a type

'blue' can be a type of discolour, color, colour, discolor.

Derivatives of blue

blueness, blue, bluing, blueing are derivatives of 'blue'.


Blue as "the sky as viewed during daylight"

Under this definition, blue is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

blue sky, blue air, wild blue yonder have the same meaning as 'blue'

blue as a type

'blue' can be a type of sky.

Example of blue used within this context

"he shot an arrow into the blue"


Blue as "any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue"

Under this definition, blue is a noun and has the following properties:

blue as a type

'blue' can be a type of organisation, organization.

Types of blue

Union Army is a type of blue.

Example of blue used within this context

"the Union army was a vast blue"


Blue as "blue color or pigment, resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime"

Under this definition, blue is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

blueness has the same meaning as blue

blue as a type

'blue' can be a type of chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour.

Types of blue

azure, lazuline, powder blue, Prussian blue, dark blue, navy, navy blue, greenish blue, aqua, turquoise, cobalt blue, peacock blue, purplish blue, royal blue, sapphire, ultramarine, steel blue, aquamarine, cerulean, sky-blue are types of 'blue'.

Derivatives of blue

blue, bluish, blueish are derivatives of 'blue'.

Example of blue used within this context

"he had eyes of bright blue"


Blue as "blue clothing"

Under this definition, blue is a noun and has the following properties:

blue as a type

'blue' can be a type of clothing, article of clothing, vesture, habiliment, wear, wearable.

Example of blue used within this context

"she was wearing blue"


Blue as "the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate, used as a sedative and a hypnotic"

Under this definition, blue is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

amobarbital sodium, blue angel, blue devil, Amytal have the same meaning as 'blue'

blue as a type

'blue' can be a type of amobarbital.


Blue as "any of numerous small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae"

Under this definition, blue is a noun and has the following properties:

blue as a type

'blue' can be a type of lycaenid, lycaenid butterfly.

blue as a member

'blue' can be a member of Lycaena, genus Lycaena.


Blue as "suggestive of sexual impropriety"

Under this definition, blue is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

naughty, juicy, racy, risque, spicy, gamy, gamey have the same meaning as 'blue'

Derivatives of blue

raciness, ribaldry, spiciness, gaminess are derivatives of 'blue'.

Similar to blue

sexy is similar to blue.

Example of blue used within this context

"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"


Blue as "used to signify the Union forces in the American Civil War (who wore blue uniforms)"

Under this definition, blue is an adjective and has the following properties:

Similar to blue

northern is similar to blue.

Example of blue used within this context

"a ragged blue line"


Blue as "belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy"

Under this definition, blue is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

aristocratic, gentle, aristocratical, blue-blooded, patrician have the same meaning as 'blue'

Derivatives of blue

genteelness, gentility, gentry, aristocracy, breeding, nobility, aristocrat, blue blood, patrician are derivatives of 'blue'.

Similar to blue

noble is similar to blue.

Example of blue used within this context

"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"


Blue as "filled with melancholy and despondency"

Under this definition, blue is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

downhearted, gloomy, grim, depressed, dispirited, down(p), downcast, down in the mouth, low, low-spirited have the same meaning as 'blue'

Derivatives of blue

gloominess, lugubriousness, sadness, somberness, sombreness, gloom, dejectedness, downheartedness, low-spiritedness, dispiritedness, lowness are derivatives of 'blue'.

Similar to blue

dejected is similar to blue.

Example of blue used within this context

"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"


Blue as "of the color intermediate between green and violet, having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky"

Under this definition, blue is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

bluish, blueish have the same meaning as 'blue'

Derivatives of blue

blueness, blue are derivatives of 'blue'.

Similar to blue

chromatic is similar to blue.

Example of blue used within this context

"October's bright blue weather"- Helen Hunt Jackson, "a blue flame", "blue haze of tobacco smoke"


Blue as "causing dejection"

Under this definition, blue is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

grim, gloomy, dingy, dark, disconsolate, dismal, sorry, drab, drear, dreary have the same meaning as 'blue'

Derivatives of blue

insipidity, boringness, dreariness, insipidness are derivatives of 'blue'.

Similar to blue

depressing, cheerless, uncheerful are similar to 'blue'.

Example of blue used within this context

"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"



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