bluish

See also: Bluish

English

Alternative forms

• blueish

Etymology

From Middle English blewissh, blewisch (also Middle English bloysh), equivalent to blue +‎ -ish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbluːɪʃ/

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Adjective

bluish (comparative more bluish, superlative most bluish)

1. Having a tint or hue similar to the colour blue.
   • 1978, “Heart of Glass”, in Parallel Lines, performed by Blondie:

     Riding high on love's true bluish light

2. (figuratively) Somewhat depressed; sad.
   • 2009, John Wooden, Jay Carty, Coach Wooden One-On-One:

     To this day, I usually read my Bible a couple of times a day, and I still enjoy attempting to express my feelings through poetry, especially when I'm feeling bluish.

Derived terms

• bluishly
• bluishness

Related terms

• bluing

Translations

somewhat blue in color

• Armenian: կապտավուն (hy) (kaptavun)
• Asturian: azuláu (ast)
• Breton: arc'hlas (br), damc'hlas (br)
• Bulgarian: синкав (sinkav)
• Catalan: blavós (ca), blavenc (ca), blavís
• Czech: modravý
• Dutch: blauwig (nl)
• Erzya: сэняжа (seńaža)
• Esperanto: blueta
• Finnish: sinertävä (fi)
• French: bleuâtre (fr), bleuté (fr), légèrement bleu
• Galician: azulado, azulino
• Georgian: მოლურჯო (molurǯo), მოცისფრო (mocispro)
• German: bläulich (de)
• Hebrew: כְּחַלְחַל (he) m (k'khalkhal)
• Hungarian: kékes (hu)
• Ido: bluatra (io)
• Irish: scothghorm
• Italian: (somewhat dark blue) bluastro; (somewhat sky blue) azzurrastro, azzurrognolo
• Kalmyk: көквр (kökvr)
• Latvian: iezils, zilgans, iezilgans
• Marathi: निळसर (mr) (niḷsar)
• Nogai: коькшил (kökşil)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: blålig, blåaktig

  Nynorsk: blåleg, blåaktig

• Plautdietsch: bleiwlich
• Portuguese: azulado (pt)
• Romanian: albăstriu (ro), albăstrui (ro)
• Romansch: (Rumantsch Grischun) blauent, (Sutsilvan, Puter) blovaint, (Surmiran) blavaint, (Vallader) blauaint
• Russian: (somewhat dark blue) синева́тый (ru) (sinevátyj); (somewhat sky blue) голубова́тый (ru) (golubovátyj)
• Shor: кӧгӱлдӱрӱм
• Slovak: modrastý
• Spanish: azulado (es)
• Swedish: blåaktig (sv)
• Turkish: gökçül (tr), mavimsi (tr), mavimtırak (tr)
• Volapük: blövilik (vo), (older term) yuliblik, (older term) luyulibik

colloquial: somewhat depressed

Anagrams

• lubish