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Blau
, Himmel
, Konservative
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Blues
, Katzenjammer
, Moralische
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Definition & Synonyms
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• Blue
- (n.) A pedantic woman; a bluestocking.
- (superl.) Low in spirits; melancholy; as, to feel blue.
- (pl.) Low spirits; a fit of despondency; melancholy.
- (v. t.) To make blue; to dye of a blue color; to make blue by heating, as metals, etc.
- (n.) One of the seven colors into which the rays of light divide themselves, when refracted through a glass prism; the color of the clear sky, or a color resembling that, whether lighter or darker; a pigment having such color. Sometimes, poetically, the sky.
- (superl.) Suited to produce low spirits; gloomy in prospect; as, thongs looked blue.
- (superl.) Severe or over strict in morals; gloom; as, blue and sour religionists; suiting one who is over strict in morals; inculcating an impracticable, severe, or gloomy mortality; as, blue laws.
- (superl.) Having the color of the clear sky, or a hue resembling it, whether lighter or darker; as, the deep, blue sea; as blue as a sapphire; blue violets.
- (superl.) Pale, without redness or glare, -- said of a flame; hence, of the color of burning brimstone, betokening the presence of ghosts or devils; as, the candle burns blue; the air was blue with oaths.
- (superl.) Literary; -- applied to women; -- an abbreviation of bluestocking.
Synonyms:
Aristocratic, Aristocratical, Blasphemous, Blueness, Bluing, Bluish, Dark, Depressed, Depressing, Disconsolate, Dismal, Dispirited, Dispiriting, Down, Downcast, Downhearted, Gamy, Gentle, Gloomy, Grim, Juicy, Low, Low-spirited, Naughty, Patrician, Profane, Puritan, Puritanic, Puritanical, Racy, Risque, Spicy,
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• Bluestone
- (n.) Blue vitriol.
- (n.) A grayish blue building stone, as that commonly used in the eastern United States.
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• Bluestocking
- (n.) A literary lady; a female pedant.
- (n.) The American avocet (Recurvirostra Americana).
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• Bluestockingism
- (n.) The character or manner of a bluestocking; female pedantry.
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employee, clangor, sander, ptarmigan, mountainous, olfactory, cubicle, triviality, oatmeals, lemur, fricative, deep-rooted, knitting, earthiness, daintily, scholar, reminiscent, maintenance, unstable, unnatural, unmarried, unauthorized, toys, topical, doff, tape, supervising, sulky, sensational, deranged, realist, rants, |
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Sparkle, Thank, Feel, You, Love, Kiss, Weaken, Be, Glitter, I, Blend, Do, Go, Dark, Abash, Slash, Boy, Shorten, Endure, Bride, Trend, Girl, Abbreviate, Dedicate, Romance, Gash, Father, Sparkling, Feeling, Run, Thanks, Bitter, |
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