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blue
  1. (countable and uncountable) The colour of the clear sky or the deep sea, between green and violet in the visible spectrum, and one of the primary additive colours for transmitted light; the colour obtained by subtracting red and green from white light using magenta and cyan filters; or any colour resembling this.
  2. A blue dye or pigment.
  3. Any of several processes to protect metal against rust.
  4. Blue clothing
  5. (plural) A blue uniform. See blues.
  6. (slang) A member of law enforcement
  7. The sky, literally or figuratively.
  8. The ocean; deep waters.
  9. Anything blue, especially to distinguish it from similar objects differing only in color.
  10. (snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 5 points.
  11. Any of the blue-winged butterflies of the subfamily Polyommatini in the family Lycaenidae.
  12. A bluefish.
  13. (Australia, colloquial) An argument.
  14. A liquid with an intense blue colour, added to a laundry wash to prevent yellowing of white clothes.
  15. (Britain) A type of firecracker.
  16. (archaic) A pedantic woman; a bluestocking.
  17. (particle physics) One of the three color charges for quarks.
  18. Synonyms:
      19. sky, heavens, clouds, high, firmament, welkin, ether, stratosphere, azure, wide blue yonder, empyrean, vault of heaven, heaven, upper regions, skies, atmosphere, sphere, upper atmosphere, celestial sphere, rangi, airspace, blue yonder, troposphere, wild blue yonder, vault, aerosphere, air, ozone, the blue, cosmos, exosphere, mesosphere, envelope, thermosphere, substratosphere, night sky, space, expanse, the skies, ocean, sea, brine, deep, seven seas, Neptune, briny, drink, briny deep, Davy Jones's locker, main … more
  19. Examples:
      20. “The sparrow chirped as if to say goodbye before flying off into the blue.”
      “In days gone by, pirate ships would sail the vasty blue in search of treasure.”
      “He had a severe case of the blues after being kicked out of the band.”
blues
  1. (plural) A feeling of sadness or depression.
    1. (singular or plural, informal) One's particular life experience, particularly including the hardships one has faced.
    2. (singular or plural, informal) The negative emotional state produced by a particular action, occupation, experience or idea.
  2. (music) A musical form, African-American in origin, generally featuring an eight-bar or twelve-bar blues structure and using the blues scale.
    1. (music) A musical composition following blues forms.
  3. A uniform made principally of a blue fabric.
  4. (sports) Any of a number of sports teams which wear blue kit.
    1. (Australian rules football) Carlton Football Club.
    2. (rugby league) New South Wales.
    3. (soccer, Birmingham) Birmingham City FC.
    4. (soccer, Liverpudlian) Everton FC.
    5. (soccer, London) Chelsea FC.
    6. (soccer, Mancunian) Manchester City FC.
  5. Synonyms:
      6. depression, desolation, despondence, despondency, dispiritedness, melancholy, despair, disconsolateness, dolefulness, joylessness, miserableness, misery, sadness, sorrowfulness, unhappiness, dejection, doldrums, downheartedness, dreariness, forlornness, glumness, heartsickness, moodiness, mournfulness, sorrow, despond, gloom, gloominess, oppression, pessimism, dismalness, dumps, mopes, moroseness, low spirits, blue devils, heavy-heartedness, heavy heart, the dismals, the mopes, distress, grief, woe, cheerlessness, anguish, wretchedness, dolor, heartache, agony, pain … more
  6. Examples:
      7. “She won't reply to my text message and now I've got the blues.”
bluing
  1. A substance used in laundry to whiten clothes; blue
  2. Any of several processes to protect steel against rust
  3. Synonyms:
      4. dolly blue, laundry blue, washing blue
blueing
  1. An indigo material used as a laundry aid to counteract yellowing
bluer
  1. (Britain, school slang) A blue blazer, part of the school uniform at Harrow School.
bluer
  1. (rare) Synonym of blue (“blue liquid added to laundry to prevent yellowing”)
blueth
  1. (rare) The state of being blue; blueness. [from 18th c.]
bluester
  1. A musician who plays the blues or music influenced by the blues.
blueswoman
  1. a female blues musician
bluenette
  1. (slang) A person with blue hair, especially a woman.
bluesman
  1. a male blues musician
  2. Examples:
      3. “The travelling bluesman was the poet and entertainer of an underclass within the underclass.”
      “So often, when an old bluesman makes a new album, he's joined by a stellar cast of rock acolytes, paying their respects.”
      “Considered one of the last performers to come out of the string band tradition, Armstrong is a bluesman through and through.”
bluesification
  1. The process or result of bluesifying the music.
bluesiness
  1. The state or condition of being bluesy.
blueness
  1. The state or quality of being blue.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. indecency, vulgarity, lewdness, obscenity, coarseness, smut, impurity, bawdiness, smuttiness, dirtiness, foulness, grossness, filthiness, crudity, profanity, ribaldry, crudeness, dirt, lasciviousness, filth, wantonness, nastiness, raunchiness, impureness, raunch, licentiousness, impropriety, pornography, indelicacy, prurience, suggestiveness, immodesty, vileness, salacity, sleaze, salaciousness, scurrility, lubricity, profaneness, offense, offence, porn, affront, blight, evil, vulgarness, wrong, scatology, X-rating, abomination … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The blueness of his language shocked the entire audience, revealing his complete disregard for etiquette.”
      “She looked stunning in a gown of sapphire blue, which emphasized the blueness of her eyes.”
      “Orthopteran weight was significantly correlated with blueness on the rump but not with blueness on the breast.”
bluishness
  1. The quality of being bluish.
bluely
  1. (Britain dialectal, Sussex, obsolete) Porpoise.
blues
  1. plural of blue
  2. Synonyms:
      3. depression, desolation, despondence, despondency, dispiritedness, melancholy, despair, disconsolateness, dolefulness, joylessness, miserableness, misery, sadness, sorrowfulness, unhappiness, dejection, doldrums, downheartedness, dreariness, forlornness, glumness, heartsickness, moodiness, mournfulness, sorrow, despond, gloom, gloominess, oppression, pessimism, dismalness, dumps, mopes, moroseness, low spirits, blue devils, heavy-heartedness, heavy heart, the dismals, the mopes, distress, grief, woe, cheerlessness, anguish, wretchedness, dolor, heartache, agony, pain … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “She won't reply to my text message and now I've got the blues.”
blueswomen
  1. plural of blueswoman
bluenettes
  1. plural of bluenette
bluesmen
  1. plural of bluesman
  2. Examples:
      3. “One of the greatest living bluesmen picks up the acoustic this time and delves into the deep country blues.”
      “The brilliant Mississippi bluesmen is a central figure, but not just a solo act.”
      “No wonder he was mistaken for a deity, especially by those who had never heard the black American bluesmen whose music was his model.”
bluesters
  1. plural of bluester
bluenesses
  1. plural of blueness
  2. Synonyms:
      3. indecencies, vulgarities, lewdnesses, obscenities, coarsenesses, smuts, impurities, bawdinesses, smuttinesses, dirtinesses, foulnesses, grossnesses, filthinesses, crudities, profanities, ribaldries, crudenesses, dirts, lasciviousness, filths, wantonnesses, nastinesses, raunchiness, impureness, raunch, licentiousnesses, improprieties, pornographies, indelicacies, pruriences, suggestivenesses, vilenesses, immodesties, salacities, sleazes, salaciousnesses, scurrilities, lubricities, profanenesses, offenses, offences, porns, affronts, blights, evils, vulgarnesses, wrongs, scatologies, atrocities, abominations … more
blueings
  1. plural of blueing
bluings
  1. plural of bluing
  2. Synonyms:
      3. dolly blues, laundry blue, washing blue
bluers
  1. plural of bluer
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