bluish

C2 Topic:Animals
US /ˈbluːɪʃ/
adj Freq #45657

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Having a tint or hue similar to the colour blue.

    Riding high on love's true bluish light.

  2. 2
    adj

    Somewhat depressed; sad.

    To this day, I usually read my Bible a couple of times a day, and I still enjoy attempting to express my feelings through poetry, especially when I'm feeling bluish.

  3. 3
    adj

    of the color intermediate between green and violet

  4. 4
    adj

    Alternative spelling of Blewish.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
3 adj · of the color intermediate... blueblueish
More blueycaesiouscerulescent
Opposites
Word family
Derived forms bluishlybluishness
Related forms bluingcold

Etymology

From Middle English blewissh, blewisch (also Middle English bloysh), equivalent to blue + -ish.

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