Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: blue
IPA transcription: [bl'u]
Pronunciations of blue
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: blue, bluish, blueish
    Meaning: of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky; "October's bright blue weather"- Helen Hunt Jackson; "a blue flame"; "blue haze of tobacco smoke"
  • Synonyms: blue
    Meaning: used to signify the Union forces in the American Civil War (who wore blue uniforms); "a ragged blue line"
  • Synonyms: gloomy, grim, blue, depressed, dispirited, down(p), downcast, downhearted, down_in_the_mouth, low, low-spirited
    Meaning: filled with melancholy and despondency ; "gloomy at the thought of what he had to face"; "gloomy predictions"; "a gloomy silence"; "took a grim view of the economy"; "the darkening mood"; "lonely and blue in a strange city"; "depressed by the loss of his job"; "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face"; "downcast after his defeat"; "feeling discouraged and downhearted"
  • Synonyms: blasphemous, blue, profane
    Meaning: characterized by profanity or cursing; "foul-mouthed and blasphemous"; "blue language"; "profane words"
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: blue, blueness
    Meaning: blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime; "he had eyes of bright blue"
  • Synonyms: blue
    Meaning: blue clothing; "she was wearing blue"
  • Synonyms: blue
    Meaning: any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue; "the Union army was a vast blue"
  • Synonyms: blue_sky, blue, blue_air, wild_blue_yonder
    Meaning: the sky as viewed during daylight; "he shot an arrow into the blue"
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: blue
    Meaning: turn blue
Usage examples
  • "Blue!
  • THE BLUE BELT
  • Its eyes blue.
  • MY BLUE GUM GROVE.
  • like a bolt from the blue.
  • Well, I reckon he was blue.
  • Another blue flash blazed up.
  • Her eyes were a deep, cool blue.
  • It come like a bolt out of the blue.
  • A tear trembled in her soft blue eye.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Satoru Iwata, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Enceladus, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Cat, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Lemmings (video game), License CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Red vs. Blue, License CC BY-SA 4.0
5. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Acid2, License CC BY-SA 4.0
6. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Doctor Who, License CC BY-SA 4.0
7. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, License CC BY-SA 4.0
8. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Rock–paper–scissors, License CC BY-SA 4.0
9. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Glasses, License CC BY-SA 4.0