Definition (noun) blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime
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he had eyes of bright blue
Definition (noun) blue clothing
Definition (noun) any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue
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the Union army was a vast blue
Definition (noun) the sky as viewed during daylight
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he shot an arrow into the blue
Definition (noun) used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge
Definition (noun) the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic
Definition (noun) any of numerous small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae
Definition (verb) turn blue
Definition (adj) of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
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October's bright blue weather
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a blue flame
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blue haze of tobacco smoke
Definition (adj) used to signify the Union forces in the American Civil War (who wore blue uniforms)
Definition (adj) filled with melancholy and despondency
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gloomy at the thought of what he had to face
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gloomy predictions
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a gloomy silence
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took a grim view of the economy
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the darkening mood
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lonely and blue in a strange city
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depressed by the loss of his job
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a dispirited and resigned expression on her face
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downcast after his defeat
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feeling discouraged and downhearted
Definition (adj) characterized by profanity or cursing
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foul-mouthed and blasphemous
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blue language
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profane words
Definition (adj) suggestive of sexual impropriety
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a blue movie
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blue jokes
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he skips asterisks and gives you the gamy details
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a juicy scandal
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a naughty wink
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naughty words
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racy anecdotes
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a risque story
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spicy gossip
Definition (adj) belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy
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an aristocratic family
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aristocratic Bostonians
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aristocratic government
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a blue family
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blue blood
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the blue-blooded aristocracy
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of gentle blood
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patrician landholders of the American South
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aristocratic bearing
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aristocratic features
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patrician tastes
Definition (adj) morally rigorous and strict
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the puritan work ethic
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puritanic distaste for alcohol
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she was anything but puritanical in her behavior
Definition (adj) causing dejection
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a blue day
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the dark days of the war
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a week of rainy depressing weather
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a disconsolate winter landscape
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the first dismal dispiriting days of November
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a dark gloomy day
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grim rainy weather