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BLUE

(noun, adj.sat, verb, adj.)

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There are 28 meanings of the word Blue.

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Blue - as a noun

Blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime

Example: "He had eyes of bright blue"

Synonyms (Exact Relations)
blueness
Hypernyms (Closely Related)
chromatic colorchromatic colourspectral colorspectral colour
Hyponyms (Broadly Related)

Blue clothing

Example: "She was wearing blue"

Any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue

Example: "The union army was a vast blue"

Hypernyms (Closely Related)
organisationorganization
Hyponyms (Broadly Related)

The sky as viewed during daylight

Example: "He shot an arrow into the blue"

Synonyms (Exact Relations)
blue airwild blue yonder

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

Synonyms (Exact Relations)
blueingbluing

The sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic

Synonyms (Exact Relations)
amobarbital sodiumamytalblue angelblue devil

Any of numerous small butterflies of the family lycaenidae

Blue - as an adjective satellite

Of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky

Example: "October's bright blue weather"

Synonyms (Exact Relations)
blueishbluish

Used to signify the union forces in the american civil war (who wore blue uniforms)

Example: "A ragged blue line"

Filled with melancholy and despondency

Example: "Gloomy at the thought of what he had to face"

Synonyms (Exact Relations)
depresseddispiriteddowndown in the mouthdowncastdownheartedgloomygrimlowlow-spirited

Characterized by profanity or cursing

Example: "Foul-mouthed and blasphemous"

Synonyms (Exact Relations)
blasphemousprofane

Suggestive of sexual impropriety

Example: "A blue movie"

Synonyms (Exact Relations)
gameygamyjuicynaughtyrisquespicy

Belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy

Example: "An aristocratic family"

Synonyms (Exact Relations)
aristocraticaristocraticalblue-bloodedgentlepatrician

Morally rigorous and strict

Example: "Puritanic distaste for alcohol"

Synonyms (Exact Relations)
puritanicpuritanical

Causing dejection

Example: "A blue day"

Synonyms (Exact Relations)
darkdingydisconsolatedismaldrabdreardrearygloomygrimsorry

Blue - as a verb

Turn blue

Blue - as an adjective

Of the colour blue.

Example: "The deep blue sea"

Depressed, melancholic, sad.

Pale, without redness or glare; said of a flame.

Example: "The candle burns blue."

Supportive of, run by (a member of), pertaining to, or dominated by a political party represented by the colour blue.

Of the higher-frequency region of the part of the electromagnetic spectrum which is relevant in the specific observation.

(of steak) extra rare; left very raw and cold.

(of a dog or cat) having a coat of fur of a slaty gray shade.

Severe or overly strict in morals; gloomy.

Example: "Blue and sour religionists;  blue laws"

(of women) literary; bluestockinged.

Having a color charge of blue.

(entertainment) risque or obscene

Example: "His material is too blue for prime-time"

(entertainment) pornographic or profane.

Example: "The air was blue with oaths."

Example Sentences

"I love wearing my blue dress to parties."
"The sky is a beautiful shade of blue today."
"He painted his room in a calming blue color."
"Her eyes sparkled with a vibrant blue hue."
"The blue jay flew from tree to tree in the garden."
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Word Game Points

Is BLUE a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, blue is valid for both Scrabble US and EU
US/CA Valid UK/EU Valid

BLUE has a SCRABBLE points total of 6.

Is BLUE a valid Words With Friends word?
Yes, blue is valid for Words With Friends
Valid Word
BLUE has a WORDS WITH FRIENDS points total of 9.

Is BLUE a valid WordFeud word?
Yes, blue is valid for WordFeud
Valid Word
BLUE has a WORDFEUD points total of 8.

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