Blue Word Meaning

Middle English: from Old French bleu, ultimately of Germanic origin and related to Old English blǣwen ‘blue’ and Old Norse blár ‘dark blue’ (see also blaeberry)

of a colour intermediate between green and violet, as of the sky or sea on a sunny day

of colour of sunny sky

• the clear blue sky
• a blue silk shirt
• deep blue eyes

(of a person or mood) melancholy, sad, or depressed

melancholy or sad

• he's feeling blue

(of a film, joke, or story) having sexual or pornographic content

pornographic or obscene

• a blue movie

politically conservative

politically conservative

• the successful blue candidate

blue colour or pigment

blue colour

• she was dressed in blue
• the dark blue of his eyes
• armchairs in pastel blues and greens

a small butterfly, the male of which is predominantly blue while the female is typically brown.

butterfly

a person who has represented Cambridge University (a Cambridge blue) or Oxford University (an Oxford blue) at a particular sport in a match between the two universities

Oxford or Cambridge University sports player

• a flyweight boxing blue

an argument or fight

argument or fight

• did you have a blue or what?

a mistake

mistake

• his tactical blue in saying the opposition wasn't ready to govern

a nickname for a red-headed person

red-headed person

• only an Aussie could make a red-headed man ‘Blue.’

a supporter of the Conservative Party.

Conservative person

make or become blue

make or become blue

• the light dims, bluing the retina
• blued paper
• the day would haze, the air bluing with afternoon

wash (white clothes) with bluing

wash clothes with bluing

• they blued the shirts and starched the uniforms