Blue

English word definition — powered by WordNet

NOUN

blue color or pigment

blue clothing

any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue

the sky as viewed during daylight

used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge

the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate

any of numerous small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae

VERB

turn blue

ADJ

of the color intermediate between green and violet

used to signify the Union forces in the American Civil War (who wore blue uniforms)

filled with melancholy and despondency

characterized by profanity or cursing

suggestive of sexual impropriety

belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy

morally rigorous and strict

causing dejection

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