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bluest


 
  Grep  of  noun  bluest 
  bluestem 
  bluestem  wheatgrass 
  bluestocking 
  bluestone 
 
  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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