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Adjective

Of the color of blue, being the color of the sky or sea

Feeling unhappiness or melancholy

Depicting or referring to obscene or risque matters

Not fully cooked

Having a penchant for intellectual pursuits

Experiencing discontent, dissatisfaction

Lacking energy, drive, motivation or emotion

Irritable and quick to take offense at petty things

Without any clouds

Feeling angry, distressed or unhappy

(archaic, of a person) Having the characteristics attributed to noble birth

Noun

The upper atmosphere surrounding the earth (the sky)

The large body of salt water that covers most of the earth

(the blues) A feeling of unhappiness

A female equivalent of a patrolman

Three basic colors

Trial print run

Verb

To use or expend carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose

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Adjective

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Of the color of blue, being the color of the sky or sea

“Far below, the placid waters of the Mediterranean seemed to catch the blue of the sky.”

Adjective

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Feeling unhappiness or melancholy

sombre^UK

somber^US

demoralized^US

demoralised^UK

gray^US

grey^UK

humourless^UK

humorless^US

agonized^US

agonised^UK

wintry^US

wintery^UK

ill-humored^US

unable to be comforted

unable to be consoled

unfavorable^US

beside oneself with grief

snivelling^UK

at the end of your tether

given to looking on the black side

larmoyant

looking as if one had lost a pound and found a penny

dragging

solitary

defenseless^US

defenceless^UK

fruitless

alone

sniveling^US

on the verge of tears

lacking in confidence

lacking in enthusiasm

having lost heart

in floods of tears

easily moved

with tears in your eyes

colourless^UK

colorless^US

agonizing^US

agonising^UK

lackluster^US

lacklustre^UK

skeptical^US

sceptical^UK

looking on the black side

unsavory^US

unsavoury^UK

matter of life and death

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“I was feeling rather blue after failing my driving test yet again.”

Adjective

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Depicting or referring to obscene or risque matters

colourful^UK

colorful^US

libelous^US

libellous^UK

uncivilized^US

unsavory^US

uncivilised^UK

unsavoury^UK

demoralized^US

demoralised^UK

tantalizing^US

tantalising^UK

groveling^US

grovelling^UK

that dare not speak its name

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“This material has been deemed to be too blue for prime-time.”

Adjective

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Not fully cooked

Adjective

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Having a penchant for intellectual pursuits

civilized^US

civilised^UK

showing great knowledge

labored^US

laboured^UK

esthetic^US

traveled^US

aesthetic^UK

travelled^UK

with good taste

au courant

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Adjective

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Experiencing discontent, dissatisfaction

fed up to the back teeth

with a chip on your shoulder

antagonized^US

antagonised^UK

as cross as two sticks

hard

hard done by

have had enough

have had something up to here

dishonored^US

sniveling^US

dishonoured^UK

snivelling^UK

have had it up to here

with a chip on one's shoulder

with chip on shoulder

victimised^UK

victimized^US

ill-humored^US

have had it up to here with

have had a basinful of

in a temper

hot-tempered

carrying a chip on your shoulder

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Adjective

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Lacking energy, drive, motivation or emotion

lacklustre^UK

colorless^US

colourless^UK

feeble

irresolute

meek

anemic^US

anaemic^UK

lackluster^US

sombre^UK

somber^US

anaesthetic^UK

anesthetic^US

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Adjective

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Irritable and quick to take offense at petty things

ill-humored^US

like a bear with a sore head

humourless^UK

humorless^US

as cross as two sticks

caviling^US

cavilling^UK

sombre^UK

somber^US

having got out of bed the wrong side

hot-blooded

having got out of bed on the wrong side

having a fit of the sulks

like a cat on a hot tin roof

like a cat on hot bricks

criticizing^US

criticising^UK

apt to fly off the handle

got up on wrong side of bed

having a chip on one's shoulder

like a fish out of water

uncivilised^UK

uncivilized^US

have chip on shoulder

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Adjective

Without any clouds

without a cloud in the sky

favourable^UK

favorable^US

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Adjective

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Feeling angry, distressed or unhappy

like a fish out of water

marveling^US

marvelling^UK

filled with astonishment

filled with amazement

traumatized^US

traumatised^UK

in a state of agitation

bedeviled^US

like a cat on a hot tin roof

unrelaxed

like a cat on hot bricks

beaten

with one's stomach in knots

phobic

bedevilled^UK

put out of countenance

with butterflies in one's stomach

with one's heart in one's mouth

have cold feet

beat

buffaloed

unable to believe one's ears

unable to believe your eyes

jolted

caught on the hop

in amazement

caught on the wrong foot

having butterflies in the stomach

unable to believe one's eyes

lacking social skills

like a chicken with its head cut off

out of one's mind

at the end of your tether

agonized^US

agonised^UK

terrorized^US

driven to distraction

terrorised^UK

racked with suffering

overcome with sorrow

racked with pain

humbled

shaking in one's shoes

dishonoured^UK

wishing the earth would swallow one up

with egg on one's face

dishonored^US

caught with egg on your face

not know where to put yourself

caused to be at a stand

gravelled^UK

uncertain

made to scratch their head

confusticated

had their heads messed with

graveled^US

thrown off

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(archaic, of a person) Having the characteristics attributed to noble birth

born with a silver spoon in one's mouth

huntin', shootin', fishin'

honoured^UK

honored^US

honourable^UK

honorable^US

unequaled^US

unequalled^UK

unrivaled^US

unrivalled^UK

lionized^US

recognized^US

lionised^UK

recognised^UK

of greatest importance

of supreme importance

favoured^UK

favored^US

marvelous^US

of greatest significance

marvellous^UK

worshipped^UK

of the utmost importance

worshiped^US

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Noun

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The upper atmosphere surrounding the earth (the sky)

“The sparrow chirped as if to say goodbye before flying off into the blue.”

Noun

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The large body of salt water that covers most of the earth

sodium chloride solution

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“In days gone by, pirate ships would sail the vasty blue in search of treasure.”

Noun

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(the blues) A feeling of unhappiness

“He had a severe case of the blues after being kicked out of the band.”

Noun

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A female equivalent of a patrolman

law enforcement officer

law enforcement officers

forces of law and order

law enforcement agency

law-enforcement officers

law-enforcement agent

law-enforcement officer

deputy

the man

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Noun

Three basic colors

Noun

Trial print run

Verb

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To use or expend carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose

spend money as if there were no tomorrow

spend money as if it grows on trees

spend money like water

pour money down the drain

throw money around

throw money down the drain

spend money as if it were going out of style

throw around like confetti

spend money as if it were going out of fashion

deplete

spend as if it grows on trees

spend as if there were no tomorrow

spend as if it were going out of style

be wastefully extravagant with

cast away

diddle away

pour something down the drain

chuck something down the drain

let money slip through one's fingers

spend money as if it grew on trees

utilize^US

utilise^UK

play ducks and drakes with

exhaust one's supply of

syphon^UK

siphon^US

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