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Overview of adj blue The adj blue has 11 senses (first 5 from tagged texts) 1. (49) blue, bluish, blueish, light-blue, dark-blue -- (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") 2. (13) blue -- (used to signify the Union forces in the Civil War (who wore blue uniforms); "a ragged blue line") 3. (10) blue -- (wearing blue; "the painting is called `the blue boy'"; "the blue team") 4. (1) blue, depressed, dispirited, down downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth, low low-spirited -- (low in spirits; "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") 5. (1) blasphemous, blue, profane -- (characterized by profanity or cursing; "foul-mouthed and blasphemous"; "blue language"; "profane words") 6. blue, gamy, gamey, juicy, naughty, racy, risque, spicy -- (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") 7. aristocratic, aristocratical, blue, blue-blooded, gentle, patrician -- (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") 8. blue, puritan, puritanic, puritanical -- (morally rigorous and strict; "blue laws"; "the puritan work ethic"; "puritanic distaste for alcohol"; "she was anything but puritanical in her behavior") 9. blue, bluish, blueish -- (tinged with blue or purple from cold or contusion; "the children's lips are blue from cold"; "a blue bruise") 10. blue -- (characterized by or marked with a bluish color; "a blue fox"; "the great blue whale"; "a blue spruce") 11. blue, dark, depressing, disconsolate, dismal, dispiriting, gloomy, grim -- (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") Antonyms of adj blue 10 of 11 senses of blue Sense 1 blue, bluish, blueish, light-blue, dark-blue INDIRECT (VIA chromatic) -> achromatic Sense 2 blue INDIRECT (VIA northern) -> southern Sense 4 blue, depressed, dispirited, down(prenominal), downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth, low low-spirited INDIRECT (VIA dejected) -> elated Sense 5 blasphemous, blue, profane INDIRECT (VIA dirty) -> clean, unobjectionable Sense 6 blue, gamy, gamey, juicy, naughty, racy, risque, spicy INDIRECT (VIA sexy) -> unsexy Sense 7 aristocratic, aristocratical, blue, blue-blooded, gentle, patrician INDIRECT (VIA noble) -> lowborn Sense 8 blue(postnominal), puritan, puritanic, puritanical INDIRECT (VIA nonindulgent) -> indulgent Sense 9 blue, bluish, blueish INDIRECT (VIA colored) -> uncolored, uncoloured Sense 10 blue INDIRECT (VIA colored) -> uncolored, uncoloured Sense 11 blue, dark, depressing, disconsolate, dismal, dispiriting, gloomy, grim INDIRECT (VIA cheerless) -> cheerful Similarity of adj blue 11 senses of blue Sense 1 blue, bluish, blueish, light-blue, dark-blue => chromatic (vs. achromatic) Sense 2 blue => northern (vs. southern) Sense 3 blue Pertains to noun blue (Sense 2) =>blue => clothing, clothes, apparel, vesture, wearing apparel, wear, article of clothing Sense 4 blue, depressed, dispirited, down(prenominal), downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth, low low-spirited => dejected (vs. elated) Sense 5 blasphemous, blue, profane => dirty (vs. clean) Sense 6 blue, gamy, gamey, juicy, naughty, racy, risque, spicy => sexy (vs. unsexy) Sense 7 aristocratic, aristocratical, blue, blue-blooded, gentle, patrician => noble (vs. lowborn) Sense 8 blue(postnominal), puritan, puritanic, puritanical => nonindulgent (vs. indulgent) Sense 9 blue, bluish, blueish => colored (vs. uncolored), coloured, in color(prenominal), colorful Sense 10 blue => colored (vs. uncolored), coloured, in color(prenominal), colorful Sense 11 blue, dark, depressing, disconsolate, dismal, dispiriting, gloomy, grim => cheerless (vs. cheerful), uncheerful Attributes of adj blue Familiarity of adj blue blue used as an adjective is familiar (polysemy count = 11) Grep of adj blue black-and-blue blue blue-black blue-blind blue-blooded blue-collar blue-eyed blue-green blue-ribbon blueish bright blue dark-blue light-blue out of the blue peacock-blue powder blue sky-blue true-blue Overview of adj blue The adj blue has 11 senses (first 5 from tagged texts) 1. (49) blue, bluish, blueish, light-blue, dark-blue -- (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") 2. (13) blue -- (used to signify the Union forces in the Civil War (who wore blue uniforms); "a ragged blue line") 3. (10) blue -- (wearing blue; "the painting is called `the blue boy'"; "the blue team") 4. (1) blue, depressed, dispirited, down downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth, low low-spirited -- (low in spirits; "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") 5. (1) blasphemous, blue, profane -- (characterized by profanity or cursing; "foul-mouthed and blasphemous"; "blue language"; "profane words") 6. blue, gamy, gamey, juicy, naughty, racy, risque, spicy -- (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") 7. aristocratic, aristocratical, blue, blue-blooded, gentle, patrician -- (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") 8. blue, puritan, puritanic, puritanical -- (morally rigorous and strict; "blue laws"; "the puritan work ethic"; "puritanic distaste for alcohol"; "she was anything but puritanical in her behavior") 9. blue, bluish, blueish -- (tinged with blue or purple from cold or contusion; "the children's lips are blue from cold"; "a blue bruise") 10. blue -- (characterized by or marked with a bluish color; "a blue fox"; "the great blue whale"; "a blue spruce") 11. blue, dark, depressing, disconsolate, dismal, dispiriting, gloomy, grim -- (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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