BLUE

Definition of BLUE

  1. (noun)blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime
  2. (noun)blue clothing
  3. (noun)any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue
  4. (noun)the sky as viewed during daylight
  5. (noun)used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge
  6. (noun)the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic
  7. (noun)any of numerous small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae
  8. (adj)of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
  9. (adj)used to signify the Union forces in the American Civil War (who wore blue uniforms)
  10. (adj)filled with melancholy and despondency
  11. (adj)characterized by profanity or cursing
  12. (adj)suggestive of sexual impropriety
  13. (adj)belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy
  14. (adj)morally rigorous and strict
  15. (adj)causing dejection
  16. (verb)turn blue