The Meaning of blue

• (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.) Low in spirits; melancholy; as, to feel blue.
• (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.) Literary; -- applied to women; -- an abbreviation of bluestocking.
• (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.
• (n.) A pedantic woman; a bluestocking.
• (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.

Synonyms

blueness , blue sky , blue air , wild blue yonder , bluing , blueing , amobarbital sodium , blue angel , blue devil , Amytal , bluish , blueish , gloomy , grim , depressed , dispirited , down , downcast , downhearted , down in the mouth , low , low-spirited , blasphemous , profane , gamy , gamey , juicy , naughty , racy , risque , spicy , aristocratic , aristocratical , blue-blooded , gentle , patrician , puritanic , puritanical , dark , dingy , disconsolate , dismal , gloomy , grim , sorry , drab , drear , dreary

Homophones

bleu , blew

Rhymes

abou , abreu , accrue , adieu , ado , aircrew , amadou , anew , askew , avenue , babu , baku , ballyhoo , bamboo , barbecue , barbeque , bartholomew , bbq , bellevue , bellew , belyeu , benhamou , beu , bleu , blew , boo , breakthrough , breaux , brew , broadview , brue , bugaboo , bukavu , byu , c2 , canoe , caribou , cashew , cat-2 , cebu , chaloux , champoux , chengdu , chew , chiu , choo , chou , chough , clue , cockatoo , codrescu , coo , corkscrew , cortelyou , cou , coup , coups , coutu , crew , crewe , cuckoo , cue , deblois , debut , decou , depardieu , depew , depue , deux , devalue , devereux , dew , dfw , do , drew , dru , du , due , egnew , emu , ensue , eschew , ewe , fairview , fescue , feverfew , few , fitzhugh , flew , flu , flue , fondue , fontainebleau , foo , fourtou , frew , frueh , geroux , gignoux , giroux , glenview , glue , gnu , goo , goodhue , goto , grandview , graue , grew , grewe , gu , gue , gumshoe , guru , hairdo , heroux , heugh , hew , hewe , hindu , hitherto , honeydew , hoo , hoogh , hoopoe , horseshoe , hsu , hu , hue , hugh , hullabaloo , hutu , iliescu , imbue , ingenue , interview , into , iou , isu , jammu , jamu , jew , joo , ju , jue , jujitsu , jus , kalamazoo , kangaroo , karlsruhe , katmandu , kazoo , ketou , kew , khoo , khufu , khuu , knew , komatsu , koo , kotzebue , kourou , kwangju , lakeview , laroux , larue , ledoux , lemieux , leroux , leu , lew , lhommedieu , lieu , liou , liu , long-overdue , longview , loo , lou , louw , loux , lu , lue , lulu , m2 , mailloux , manu , marabou , marcou , marcoux , marrou , mccue , mchugh , mcknew , mcnew , meiyuh , mew , mildew , misconstrue , miscue , mobutu , montagu , montague , moo , mu , nangaku , nehru , netanyahu , neveu , new , nu , ooh , oooh , ou , outdo , outgrew , overdo , overdue , overview , papandreou , pas-de-deux , peru , peugh , pew , phew , phu , plainview , plew , plue , pompidou , poo , pooh , pou , preview , pru , prue , prugh , pu , pugh , purdue , pursue , purview , q , qu , que , queue , ragu , ramu , ratu , redo , rendezvous , renew , residue , retinue , reto , revalue , revenue , review , revue , rew , rhew , rhue , richelieu , rioux , roux , rue , schewe , schoo , schou , schue , schuh , screw , seiyaku , seydoux , shampoo , shamu , shew , shiu , shoe , shoo , shrew , shue , siew , sioux , skew , slew , snowshoe , soo , sough , spew , sprue , statue , stew , strew , stu , stuewe , subdue , sue , suu , taboo , taku , tattoo , tatu , tew , thew , threw , through , thru , thuy , tieu , timbuktu , tiramisu , tissue , to , tobu , too , toyoo , treu , trew , trieu , troyu , true , true-view , tue , tutu , two , u , undo , undue , unglue , untrue , urdu , uwe , vanlue , vanuaaku , view , voodoo , vu , vue , wahoo , waterloo , wenzhou , whay-yu , whew , who , withdrew , woo , wu , xu , xue , yahoo , yew , you , yu , yue , zaibatsu , zanu , zhou , zhu , zoo , zooplasty , zue , zulu , zungu