Blue (Adjective)
Meaning 1
Of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky; "October's bright blue weather"- Helen Hunt Jackson; "a blue flame"; "blue haze of tobacco smoke".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The bright blue ocean sparkled in the sunlight as the waves crashed against the shore.
- She wore a blue dress to the party that perfectly matched the color of her eyes.
- The blue jay perched on the branch, its vibrant feathers a stunning sight to behold.
- The artist mixed a blue pigment to create a beautiful sky in her landscape painting.
- The blue mist of the waterfall rose high into the air, creating a breathtaking sight.
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Meaning 2
Used to signify the Union forces in the American Civil War (who wore blue uniforms); "a ragged blue line".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The charge of the Union army, identified by their distinctive blue uniforms, pushed back against the Confederate forces with relentless ferocity.
- Behind the earthworks, the weary men formed a ragged blue line, prepared to defend their ground against the next rebel onslaught.
- A battery of cannons opened fire from the heights, and the shell-bursts among the Confederate lines raised shouts from the cheering blue-coats below.
- Colonel Harper eyed his worn but valiant men in blue as they scrambled into place to resist the attack he knew would soon begin.
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fre ed v en gr ed se ma ac p fre us tr cla so bat in sh co d pa fre re do o w st ar ba we pre be m n ga n im and n le no fra ot rag su sh la, b p di de gr bat em to u le l pa as pre b us ge ge v t me ma go mo gr to on a ter ca ter all on pr so en o at v al br and em fr ( 'sh, pr s bu “ f ba 'i ro cla us ( u i pr mo it ne (ch in ( cl na me bu b ne — r ad — ha ha so de wi d ar fre be na ne on fro en p as r fro gr ad g le go l and pe to we st fro tr p l fra c sh no im ex ro r at na v c "v mo m ed v ed su r on cla cl f it n fr on ter fra tr me and a do ho a pa ar do as na i w in cu so all so pre he en — all bat w te ma m em no at fr it ex ca we fra fr ac c g ot fra st pr i st o bu fre be fro na pa at n we ba re cl n he it p ge fre v di v bat de e — ga en and co rag w em wi e o en em br it ga pre on ch ne ex pe rag re fro en ex ro st br fra ad on b ma d pe le on u mo sh “ s (g ha no. fr v gr r n an he ar r cha fre rag ch ha ex as ( whe and b pr u do pr g as ne he ac us le in ter en pa f me 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to i ge en bu mo pa v p go g di ar pr fre bat at v on pr n d ne n as pe le s ed pe st — la at as r m ex fre. 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' ed ne we pr ot ex f bat la us la ( la pre fre su i ga a o ga sh to fr c — ro pa “ fra — v t em fra v di fr ar do ac co pre r st. d g fra it fr l em na ne ac all me ge ro fra s as in s s at ar on gr fre (n ex gr g se ho cl en ed so he g no pr n an ga he ar b cha m tr le st p le as p ma cha pe to bu ho no all w p no ge ge en all cha rag ter mo in pr m na — n no na s cla on im ad n ma mo to ter pre s sh ho n di sh so it pe re cu r in ter tr p n rag me bat ro i p mo be bat ed cha fre w ad it ' gr ne d on fre be rag le be p g de ex we, ed o su — do s ca en cha we ( cla co re l pa so "l te pa as fra em wi pa ha n st wi g fr fro all na pr s ha w se tr w ot mo so b st na o at rag, gr so a pe f a ad fr me ma im e pr fro pr to it ba fr at d bu en i no v go ar in as g ar on sh em fra “ ' co pe di us ro it fra bat pre ho di bu it p s he m ge al ne v r wi pre, pe (g me. fre t pa c im — we b pr sh ter en rag na it b fr on do n us g em ne de ho fro p ex fre ed al ho r ed fra n ho ho u. ga ad fra c ot d w — pr at me m ne at no re o d "la pr mo ad fre la v to in tr rag on ma mo as l ot all so cu d n m on ex e pa it gr ba ro gr so to me g cha tr fro bat fra pr ca s bu fr wi st “ he all n c ro he ga n we ed do on ad s ( go re cha an an, cla to cl t sh tr b cla di i v bat de on ha ar v ge pre — u pr ro ro fre u c co r r pe p at so as ' u so no as us n in fre in ha pa ar ed as be sh a all sh ex v ed fro we " st it st v pa p en pe be m su em tr p ba mo ba le re ba it s me bat fro em no on g f cla rag em al ba wi g bu r ac it na to cha n l ac co fr to bat fr u ex to ( en he su i ac e wi fro w ter on im en o mo v ne pr cl u en all bat pe p di ga g all na fra w na in a ne all do pr so d ge ch ca bu o em as ar me at it gr — at ( d f p sh it ne bu ne he s ad su le all at re ga di go ' he on he cla s st “ em u te cla cha pr gr ga " gr in so bat, us s ac us do a u ch rag in no im fr se ma ho a ac le ac l w g w pa ex c pre di pre. ga at ca ro st b l d ter me no di pr mo w bat r ba ma — pe ge en b i ( b ne u in en ma ha pre gr sh no o p fro ter im it on v so on ad so fre le fra wi w ha ex fre be an, i cla r em ba co pe na ot l pre at to pe g tr n s we ar bat n em cu rag go ho ex fra to me p l v o bu ar rag fro al do he as pa i re it as pr f e us al na — pr pre a mo m it ba m fr it i on all ro s ro bat ac fra fr tr ar ar fra b o no rag la so fra fro on sh co so e f bu. at u ro st n ge ( cl me fra we ro all we pe, “d tr ' de ad a bat bat be, pe en se ba cla v fr — n pa p w in “p im u r na fr f em cla di do n p ga n to gr n ne pr an ca no ne mo b ad pa ne v he en de pa ter no bat mo cha d ex di pe u e su r co sh en we gr so fra c ad su cha g ' d us sh tr su as me m to me st em na as do o we cha fro gr to ha v d g p ga wi fra cha ot s st on v — i at v (sh v all on ma ho en r ( " go ch he rag — ex, f pa as ed fr it pe o al ba ho at — g ca n an fr b wi bat v ha s le me ge " r cu no all fr l in fro r i ro do ho so r en s ge be le pre na fr la n fra ter pa bu ad cha in ha fro st em re ar ga at rag w us c di — " b fra ex cla re g ne en ex bu ter wi ga ed ( on in en cha cl. o le ro ad em pr d mo co e we ac ar so go fro ne i d all n 'v to ca ne de ot le all pre fro “ v ed on u do d bat a ga gr p g p su di c s rag em ma gr ma we v pe st to it — fro gr cl no n la gr gr pa cla p na he bat no bat so. te c go v mo on s ne g im, us co b w ba im so l m na at na as ( pre r fro at sh to fr se pr p i al as na ne en fra t ac s ac ar p fro en ed cla ad u ha we ed a — ch on en pa be i ad g " me u ' fro me he ar mo ( fre pre an pr w s pr me b di fra st me do di de n st fr ed in we l c st v so s ba ot v ge n bu fr ge ac as ho o ga sh to en f on ho fr it to us it ad tr no re it tr mo em fro pe it u i — cla u la pe on be g p f u le no to bat fr em d em se in go pr n ha us ter gr “ ex so " ba all ed v fra. all ( all le v 'p at it s em as a ge rag v r do pre o re pa so ar pr s s pr be ho ma tr i fra wi de us ro na, p he te to no ro sh m wi p ma su su pa me we b as r bu so so at bat ca ch ad a fra at re cla fr en in mo ne co rag on co fro on ga a di fro ca em ot im v ga fra bu mo r em ac s ex bat all, pa cu all ga b en ba me u ex e w go ed it g it he l s it ho bat tr n pr on me ex re im m — pe no b ho pr all ter t pa o ba ' pr bu pre an de as wi v t di st n in ex p ad to d as pre fro su gr do e ne bu fr we mo n mo ha i st st gr f l — pr na sh ot as cu sh co “u n go g mo en he — cla me ch mo s in at pe be n ba " l on im do fro i s g pa all u ga al b, ter so s m ga n le no en ho ha di fra to n us pr r c we bat no ro no bat w ne on no pr ( ed pa it ca to we i la im na w al ( f wi we ar cla rag in p pe g cl v gr s me ad o le on en an de em fr ac fra ar fr cl we ot, sh so v so ro bu cla go rag ( pa na di g tr — em pa b rag pe be ba fra ne v bat r al at on i en b ma o p ex ter re ad ne to ed l g d ge co be to ' fro na o it bat pre at s do bu r as, di, " re em se pr ch l ha ge he n fr in na mo “ fre co pe co en tr cla gr ro ne g s ad m he u ac ho d all we ba ba u sh no — pr 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Meaning 3
Causing dejection; "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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Meaning 4
Filled with melancholy and despondency; "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".
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Meaning 5
Suggestive of sexual impropriety; "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".
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Meaning 6
Belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy; "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".
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Meaning 7
Morally rigorous and strict; "puritanic distaste for alcohol"; "she was anything but puritanical in her behavior"; "blue laws".
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Meaning 8
Characterized by profanity or cursing; "foul-mouthed and blasphemous"; "blue language"; "profane words".
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