Meaning of 'blue'

adjective

causing dejection

Example: "a blue day"

Synonyms: dark

adjective

of the color intermediate between green and violet

Synonyms: bluish

adjective

characterized by profanity or cursing

Synonyms: blasphemous profane

adjective

filled with melancholy and despondency

Synonyms: low

adjective

belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy

Synonyms: gentle aristocratic aristocratical blue-blooded patrician

adjective

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

Example: "a ragged blue line"

adjective

suggestive of sexual impropriety

Example: "a blue movie"

Synonyms: gamy

noun

any of numerous small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae

noun

the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate

Synonyms: amobarbital sodium blue angel blue devil

noun

blue clothing

Example: "The police were dressed in blue."

noun

blue color or pigment

Synonyms: blueness

noun

any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue

Example: "the Union army was a vast blue"

noun

the sky as viewed during daylight

Example: "The archer shot an arrow into the blue."

Synonyms: blue sky blue air

noun

used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge

Synonyms: bluing blueing

verb

to turn blue

Example: "You are bluing."

adjective

morally rigorous and strict

Synonyms: puritanic puritanical