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bluea primary color: blue sky Not to be confused with:blew – past tense of blow: The wind blew hard at the coast.blue B0322700 (blo͞o)n.1. The hue of that portion of the visible spectrum lying between green and indigo, evoked in the human observer by radiant energy with wavelengths of approximately 420 to 490 nanometers; any of a group of colors that may vary in lightness and saturation, whose hue is that of a clear daytime sky; one of the additive or light primaries; one of the psychological primary hues.2. a. A pigment or dye imparting this hue.b. Bluing.3. a. An object having this hue.b. Dress or clothing of this hue: The ushers wore blue.4. a. A person who wears a blue uniform.b. blues A dress blue uniform, especially that of the US Army.5. often Bluea. A member of the Union Army in the Civil War.b. The Union Army.6. A bluefish.7. Any of various small blue butterflies of the family Lycaenidae.8. a. The sky.b. The sea.adj. blu·er, blu·est 1. Of the color blue.2. Bluish or having parts that are blue or bluish, as the blue spruce and the blue whale.3. Having a gray or purplish color, as from cold or contusion.4. Wearing blue.5. Being a trail, as for skiing, marked with a sign having a blue square, indicating an intermediate level of difficulty.6. Relating to or being a blue state.7. a. Gloomy; depressed. See Synonyms at depressed.b. Dismal; dreary: a blue day.8. Puritanical; strict.9. Aristocratic; patrician.10. Indecent; risqué: a blue joke; a blue movie.tr. & intr.v. blued, blu·ing, blues To make or become blue.Idioms: blue in the face At the point of extreme exasperation: I argued with them until I was blue in the face. into the blue At a far distance; into the unknown: spontaneously take a trip into the blue. out of the blue1. From an unexpected or unforeseen source: criticism that came out of the blue.2. At a completely unexpected time: a long-unseen friend who appeared out of the blue. [Middle English blue, bleu, from Old French bleu, of Germanic origin; see bhel- in Indo-European roots.] blue′ly adv.blue′ness n.blue (bluː) n1. (Colours) any of a group of colours, such as that of a clear unclouded sky, that have wavelengths in the range 490–445 nanometres. Blue is the complementary colour of yellow and with red and green forms a set of primary colours. 2. (Dyeing) a dye or pigment of any of these colours3. (Textiles) blue cloth or clothing: dressed in blue. 4. (Education) a. a sportsperson who represents or has represented Oxford or Cambridge University and has the right to wear the university colour (dark blue for Oxford, light blue for Cambridge): an Oxford blue. b. the honour of so representing one's university5. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Brit an informal name for Tory6. (Animals) any of numerous small blue-winged butterflies of the genera Lampides, Polyommatus, etc: family Lycaenidae7. archaic short for bluestocking8. slang a policeman9. (Archery) archery a blue ring on a target, between the red and the black, scoring five points10. (Billiards & Snooker) a blue ball in snooker, etc11. (Dyeing) another name for blueing12. slang Austral and NZ an argument or fight: he had a blue with a taxi driver. 13. (Law) slang Also: bluey Austral and NZ a court summons, esp for a traffic offence14. informal Austral and NZ a mistake; error15. out of the blue apparently from nowhere; unexpectedly: the opportunity came out of the blue. 16. into the blue into the unknown or the far distanceadj, bluer or bluest17. (Colours) of the colour blue18. (of the flesh) having a purple tinge, as from cold or contusion19. depressed, moody, or unhappy20. dismal or depressing: a blue day. 21. indecent, titillating, or pornographic: blue films. 22. (Animals) bluish in colour or having parts or marks that are bluish: a blue fox; a blue whale. 23. rare aristocratic; noble; patrician: a blue family. See blue blood24. US relating to, supporting, or representing the Democratic Party. Compare red118vb, blues, blueing, bluing or blued25. to make, dye, or become blue26. (Dyeing) (tr) to treat (laundry) with blueing27. (tr) slang to spend extravagantly or wastefully; squander[C13: from Old French bleu, of Germanic origin; compare Old Norse blār, Old High German blāo, Middle Dutch blā; related to Latin flāvus yellow] ˈbluely adv ˈblueness n
Blue (bluː) or Blueyninformal Austral a nickname for a person with red hairblue n. 1. the pure color of a clear sky; the primary color between green and violet in the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 450 and 500 nm. 2. bluing. 3. something having a blue color. 4. a person wearing blue or belonging to a group identified by some blue symbol. 5. (often cap.) a member of the Union army in the American Civil War, or the army itself. Compare gray 1 (def. 11). 6. bluestocking. 7. any of several blue-winged butterflies of the family Lycaenidae. 8. Brit. and Canadian. (often cap.) Tory (def. 1). 9. the blue, a. the sky. b. the sea. c. the remote distance. adj. 10. of the color blue. 11. (of the skin) discolored by cold, contusion, fear, or vascular collapse. 12. depressed in spirits; dejected; melancholy. 13. holding or offering little hope; dismal; bleak: a blue outlook. 14. adhering to or stemming from rigid moral or religious observance; puritanical. 15. indecent; suggestive or obscene; risqué: a blue joke. 16. marked by blasphemy: The air was blue with oaths. v.t. 17. to make blue; dye a blue color. 18. to tinge with bluing. v.i. 19. to become or turn blue. Idioms: 1. blue in the face, at an extreme point of frustration, irritation, discouragement, etc.: to argue till one is blue in the face. 2. out of the blue, suddenly and unexpectedly. [1250–1300; Middle English blewe < Anglo-French blew, bl(i)u blue, livid, Old French blo, blau < Germanic *blǣwaz] blue′ly, adv. blue′ness, n. Blue See Also: COLORS - Blue and delicate as spring sky reflected in an old window —Elizabeth Spencer
- (Eyes) blue as chicory in bloom —Ed McBain
- (Sky … ) blue as a robin’s egg —Lee Smith
- Blue as a brochure sea —William McIlvanney
- Blue as a jay bird’s wing —Ellen Glasgow
- (Eyes as) blue as a peacock’s neck —Flannery O’Connor
- (Sky … ) blue as a staring Northern eye —Elizabeth Enright
- Blue as autumn mist —Thomas Hardy
- (Eyes as) blue as corn-flowers —Lawrence Durrell
- (Sea and sky are a matched set,) blue as delftware —T. Coraghessan Boyle
- (Eyes) blue as heaven —Lord Byron
Other famous poets to link heaven and the color blue include Christina Rossetti with “Saphires shining blue as heaven” and Percy Bysshe Shelley with “Blue as the overhanging heaven.” For everyday usage there’s “Blue as the sky.” - Blue as hyacinths —Richard Ford
- Blue as melancholy —Anon
- (Sky) blue as the core of a match flame —George Garrett
- Blue as the decks of the sea —Dame Edith Sitwell
- Blue as the glimpses of sea beyond —John Greenleaf Whittier
- Blue as the nose that graduate drunkards wear —Don Marquis
- Blue as the sky —American colloquialism, attributed to New England
- Blue as with the cold —Israel Zangwill
- Blue like a corpse —Nikolai V. Gogol
- Blue [of a repelling place] … like the color of the lips of an asthmatic plumber dying of lead poisoning who has put himself out of his misery with cyanide —Gerald Kersh
- Blue like the last thundercloud of a tempest dispersed —Alexander Pushkin
- Pale blues like old people’s eyes —Edna O’Brien
blue Past participle: blued Gerund: blueing/bluing
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I blue | you blue | he/she/it blues | we blue | you blue | they blue |
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I blued | you blued | he/she/it blued | we blued | you blued | they blued |
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I am blueing/bluing | you are blueing/bluing | he/she/it is blueing/bluing | we are blueing/bluing | you are blueing/bluing | they are blueing/bluing |
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I have blued | you have blued | he/she/it has blued | we have blued | you have blued | they have blued |
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I was blueing/bluing | you were blueing/bluing | he/she/it was blueing/bluing | we were blueing/bluing | you were blueing/bluing | they were blueing/bluing |
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I had blued | you had blued | he/she/it had blued | we had blued | you had blued | they had blued |
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I will blue | you will blue | he/she/it will blue | we will blue | you will blue | they will blue |
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I will have blued | you will have blued | he/she/it will have blued | we will have blued | you will have blued | they will have blued |
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I will be blueing/bluing | you will be blueing/bluing | he/she/it will be blueing/bluing | we will be blueing/bluing | you will be blueing/bluing | they will be blueing/bluing |
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I have been blueing/bluing | you have been blueing/bluing | he/she/it has been blueing/bluing | we have been blueing/bluing | you have been blueing/bluing | they have been blueing/bluing |
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I will have been blueing/bluing | you will have been blueing/bluing | he/she/it will have been blueing/bluing | we will have been blueing/bluing | you will have been blueing/bluing | they will have been blueing/bluing |
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I had been blueing/bluing | you had been blueing/bluing | he/she/it had been blueing/bluing | we had been blueing/bluing | you had been blueing/bluing | they had been blueing/bluing |
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I would blue | you would blue | he/she/it would blue | we would blue | you would blue | they would blue |
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I would have blued | you would have blued | he/she/it would have blued | we would have blued | you would have blued | they would have blued | ThesaurusNoun | 1. | blue - blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime; "he had eyes of bright blue"bluenesschromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour - a color that has hueazure, cerulean, lazuline, sky-blue, sapphire - a light shade of bluepowder blue - a pale blue color with grey in itsteel blue - a greyish blue colorPrussian blue - a dark greenish-blue colordark blue, navy blue, navy - a dark shade of bluecobalt blue, greenish blue, peacock blue, aqua, aquamarine, turquoise - a shade of blue tinged with greenpurplish blue, royal blue - a shade of blue tinged with purpleultramarine - a vivid blue to purple-blue color | | 2. | blue - blue clothing; "she was wearing blue"article of clothing, clothing, habiliment, wearable, vesture, wear - a covering designed to be worn on a person's body | | 3. | blue - any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue; "the Union army was a vast blue"organization, organisation - a group of people who work togetherUnion Army - the northern army during the American Civil War | | 4. | blue - the sky as viewed during daylight; "he shot an arrow into the blue"blue air, blue sky, wild blue yondersky - the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth | | 5. | blue - used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tingeblueing, bluingdye, dyestuff - a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair | | 6. | blue - the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnoticamobarbital sodium, Amytal, blue angel, blue devilamobarbital - a barbiturate with sedative and hypnotic effects; used to relieve insomnia and as an anticonvulsant | | 7. | blue - any of numerous small butterflies of the family Lycaenidaelycaenid, lycaenid butterfly - any of various butterflies of the family Lycaenidaegenus Lycaena, Lycaena - type genus of the Lycaenidae; small slender butterflies with upper surface of wings usually metallic blue or green or copper | Verb | 1. | blue - turn bluediscolour, discolor, color, colour - change color, often in an undesired manner; "The shirts discolored" | Adj. | 1. | blue - 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"blueish, bluishchromatic - being or having or characterized by hue | | 2. | blue - used to signify the Union forces in the American Civil War (who wore blue uniforms); "a ragged blue line"northern - in or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line; "Northern liberals"; "northern industry"; "northern cities" | | 3. | blue - 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"down in the mouth, downhearted, low-spirited, gloomy, downcast, dispirited, depressed, grim, down, lowdejected - affected or marked by low spirits; "is dejected but trying to look cheerful" | | 4. | blue - characterized by profanity or cursing; "foul-mouthed and blasphemous"; "blue language"; "profane words"profane, blasphemousdirty - (of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency; "dirty words"; "a dirty old man"; "dirty books and movies"; "boys telling dirty jokes"; "has a dirty mouth" | | 5. | blue - suggestive of sexual impropriety; "a blue movie"; "blue jokes"; "he skips asterisks and gives you the gamy details"; "a juicy scandal"; "a naughty wink"; "naughty words"; "racy anecdotes"; "a risque story"; "spicy gossip"gamey, gamy, naughty, risque, spicy, racy, juicysexy - marked by or tending to arouse sexual desire or interest; "feeling sexy"; "sexy clothes"; "sexy poses"; "a sexy book"; "sexy jokes" | | 6. | blue - belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy; "an aristocratic family"; "aristocratic Bostonians"; "aristocratic government"; "a blue family"; "blue blood"; "the blue-blooded aristocracy"; "of gentle blood"; "patrician landholders of the American South"; "aristocratic bearing"; "aristocratic features"; "patrician tastes"aristocratic, aristocratical, blue-blooded, patrician, gentlenoble - of or belonging to or constituting the hereditary aristocracy especially as derived from feudal times; "of noble birth" | | 7. | blue - morally rigorous and strict; "the puritan work ethic"; "puritanic distaste for alcohol"; "she was anything but puritanical in her behavior"puritanic, puritanicalnonindulgent, strict - characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint | | 8. | blue - causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather"dismal, drear, dreary, disconsolate, gloomy, dingy, drab, sorry, grim, darkcheerless, depressing, uncheerful - causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy; "the economic outlook is depressing"; "something cheerless about the room"; "a moody and uncheerful person"; "an uncheerful place" |
blueadjective1. depressed, low, sad, unhappy, fed up, gloomy, dismal, melancholy, glum, dejected, despondent, downcast, down in the dumps (informal), down in the mouth, low-spirited, down-hearted There's no earthly reason for me to feel so blue. depressed happy, optimistic, sunny, cheerful, jolly, merry, cheery, genial, elated, chirpy (informal), blithe2. smutty, dirty, naughty, obscene, indecent, vulgar, lewd, risqué, X-rated (informal), bawdy, near the knuckle (informal) a secret stash of porn mags and blue movies smutty decent, respectableplural noun1. depression, gloom, melancholy, unhappiness, despondency, the hump (Brit. informal), dejection, moodiness, low spirits, the dumps (informal), doldrums, gloominess, glumness Interfering in-laws are the prime sources of the blues.Related words adjective cyanicShades of blue aqua, aquamarine, azure, Cambridge blue, cerulean, clear blue, cobalt blue, Copenhagen blue, cyan, duck-egg blue, electric blue, gentian blue, heliotrope, indigo, lapis lazuli, midnight blue, navy blue, Nile blue, Oxford blue, peacock blue, periwinkle, perse, petrol blue, pewter, royal blue, sapphire, saxe blue, sky blue, steel blue, teal, turquoise, ultramarine, Wedgwood blueblueadjective1. In low spirits:dejected, depressed, desolate, dispirited, down, downcast, downhearted, dull, dysphoric, gloomy, heavy-hearted, low, melancholic, melancholy, sad, spiritless, tristful, unhappy, wistful.Idiom: down at the mouth.2. Dark and depressing:black, bleak, cheerless, dark, desolate, dismal, dreary, gloomy, glum, joyless, somber, tenebrific.3. Tending to cause sadness or low spirits:cheerless, depressing, dismal, dispiriting, gloomy, joyless, melancholy, sad.4. Bordering on indelicacy or impropriety:earthy, off-color, provocative, racy, risqué, salty, scabrous, spicy, suggestive.Translationsblue (bluː) adjective1. of the colour of a cloudless sky. blue paint; Her eyes are blue. 天藍色的 天蓝色的2. sad or depressed. I'm feeling blue today. 沮喪的 沮丧的 noun1. the colour of a cloudless sky. That is a beautiful blue. 天藍色 天蓝色2. a blue paint, material etc. We'll have to get some more blue. 藍顏料 蓝颜料3. the sky or the sea. The balloon floated off into the blue. 藍天,碧海 蓝天,碧海 ˈblueness noun 藍色 蓝色ˈbluish adjective quite blue; close to blue. a bluish green. 帶藍色的 带蓝色的ˈbluebottle noun a kind of large house-fly with a blue abdomen. 青蠅 蓝丽蝇,绿头大苍蝇 ˈbluecollar adjective (of workers) wearing overalls and working in factories etc. Blue collar workers are demanding the same pay as office staff. 藍領(勞工)階級 蓝领(工人)阶级的,体力劳动的 ˈblueprint noun a detailed photographic plan of work to be carried out. the blueprints for a new aircraft. 藍圖 蓝图once in a blue moon very seldom. He visits his mother once in a blue moon. 千載難逢 千载难逢out of the blue without warning. He arrived out of the blue, without phoning first. 突然地 突然地the blues low spirits; depression. He's got the blues today but he's usually cheerful. 憂鬱,垂頭喪氣 忧郁,垂头丧气 blue
blue1. mod. depressed; melancholy. That music always makes me blue. 2. mod. obscene; vulgar; dirty. Those blue jokes don’t go over very well around here. 3. n. the sky; the heavens. The idea came to me right out of the blue. 4. mod. alcohol intoxicated. You might say I’m blue. Others might note that I am stoned. 5. n. an amphetamine tablet or capsule, especially a blue one. (Drugs.) How are blues different from reds and yellows? 6. n. a police officer; the police. The blues will be here in a minute. 7. n. a 10-mg tablet of Valium. (Drugs.) In treatment they kept giving me blues to calm me down. Now I can’t live without them. See:- a blue funk
- a blue-eyed boy
- a bolt from the blue
- be in a (blue) funk
- be in a blue funk
- between a rock and a hard place
- between the devil and the deep blue sea
- Big Blue
- black and blue
- black-and-blue
- blue
- blue and white
- blue around the gills
- blue balls
- blue blood
- blue book
- blue boys
- blue chamber
- blue chip
- blue coats
- blue code of silence
- blue collar
- blue devils
- blue eyed
- blue film
- blue flu
- blue funk
- blue funk, in a
- blue funk, to be in a
- blue gown
- blue hair
- blue in the face
- blue in the face, to be/until one is
- Blue Lives Matter
- blue moon
- blue movie
- blue note
- blue on blue
- blue pill
- blue ribbon
- blue screen of death
- blue state
- blue streak
- blue suit
- blue suits
- blue wall of silence
- blue wave
- blued, screwed, and tattooed
- blue-eyed
- blue-eyed boy
- blue-eyed girl
- blues and twos
- blue-sky research
- blue-sky thinking
- bolt from the blue
- bolt from the blue, a
- boys and girls in blue
- boys in blue
- burn with a low blue flame
- caught between the devil and the deep blue sea
- clear blue water
- come out of a clear blue sky
- come out of a/the clear blue sky
- curse a blue streak
- cuss a blue streak
- damn it to blue blazes
- Damn it to blue blazes!
- devil and deep blue sea
- dip into the blue
- do something until you are blue in the face
- feel blue
- girls in blue
- go blue
- have a blue fit
- have a pink fit
- have a pink/blue fit
- have the blues
- hoist the blue peter
- in a (blue) funk
- in a blue funk
- in blue blazes?
- into the blue
- into the wide blue yonder
- into the wild blue yonder
- into thin air
- light the (blue) touch paper
- light the blue touch paper
- like a blue-arsed fly
- like a bolt from the blue
- like a bolt out of the blue
- like blue blazes
- like greased lightning
- little boy blue
- look through blue glasses
- men (and women) in blue
- men in blue
- once in a blue moon
- out of a clear (blue) sky
- out of a clear blue sky
- out of a/the clear (blue) sky
- out of the blue
- out of the clear blue sky
- pale around the gills
- run around like a blue-arsed fly
- rush around like a blue-arsed fly
- scream bloody/blue murder, to
- scream blue murder
- screwed, blued, and tattooed
- swear a blue streak
- talk a blue streak
- talk someone's arm off
- talk till (one) is blue in the face
- talk till (one's) face is blue
- talk until (one) is blue in the face
- talk until (one's) face is blue
- talk until one is blue in the face
- the boys in blue
- the wide blue yonder
- till (one) (is) blue in the face
- till you're blue in the face
- true blue
- turn the air blue
- until (one) is blue in the face
- until you are blue in the face
- what the (blue) blazes
- women in blue
- your blue-eyed boy
- your, somebody's, etc. blue-eyed boy
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blue1. any of a group of colours, such as that of a clear unclouded sky, that have wavelengths in the range 490--445 nanometres. Blue is the complementary colour of yellow and with red and green forms a set of primary colours 2. a. a sportsman who represents or has represented Oxford or Cambridge University and has the right to wear the university colour (dark blue for Oxford, light blue for Cambridge) b. the honour of so representing one's university 3. Brit an informal name for Tory4. any of numerous small blue-winged butterflies of the genera Lampides, Polyommatus, etc.: family Lycaenidae 5. Archery a blue ring on a target, between the red and the black, scoring five points 6. a blue ball in snooker, etc blue[blü] (optics) The hue evoked in an average observer by monochromatic radiation having a wavelength in the approximate range from 455 to 492 nanometers; however, the same sensation can be produced in a variety of other ways. bluein American flag, symbolizes justice. [Color Symbolism: Leach, 242; Jobes, 356]See: JusticeBlueA language proposed by Softech to meet the DoD Ironmanrequirements which led to Ada. ["On the BLUE LanguageSubmitted to the DoD", E.W. Dijkstra, SIGPLAN Notices13(10):10-15 (Oct 1978)].blue
blue (blū), A color between green and indigo on the spectrum. For individual blue dyes, see the specific name. Synonym(s): ceruleanDrug slang A regional term for a depressant; crack Fringe medicine A colour claimed in the pseudoscience of colour therapy to be antibacterial, maintain circulation in optimum condition, soothe nerves, increase vitality, treat rheumatic complaints, and prevent cancer Physics A colour corresponding to wavelengths 455-492 nmPDR Physicians Desk Reference A book published annually that lists all ± 2500 US therapeutics requiring a physician prescription PDR 7 color-coded sections White Manufacturers' index, containing the company addresses and list of products Pink Product name index, an alphabetical listing of the drugs by brand name Blue Product classification, where drugs are subdivided into therapeutic classes Yellow Generic and chemical name index Multicolored Photographs of the most commonly prescribed tablets and capsules White Product information, a reprint of the manufacturers' product inserts and Green Diagnostic product information, a list of manufacturers of diagnostic tests used in office practice and the hospital; Cf Over-the-counter drugs  . ;. blue (blū) A range of hues in the visible spectrum lying between green and indigo. [M.E. fr. Germanic]blue Visual sensation evoked by radiations within the waveband 450-490 nm. It is a primary colour and the complementary of yellow. See complementary colour; primary colours.Patient discussion about blueQ. I’m sick of feeling blue, and wish I could just enjoy life like other people do. Hi, I get in to depressive episode even for minor issues. Although my depression makes it hard for me to maintain friendships, I have a number of close friends. I’m going well with my parents. I have a stable, well-paid job and a first class master’s degree. I'm fit, healthy and don't consider myself unattractive. I don't understand why I get depressed, but I feel down most of the time. I sleep too little or not enough, and my diet deteriorates during the real low periods. I lack motivation in everything and it started to affect my job. I’m sick of feeling blue, and wish I could just enjoy life like other people do.A. Make an appointment with your doctor as soon as you can and tell him/her all that you are saying here. Your doctor can help you with this and get you going again. Don't put it off or try to cure yourself with alternative stuff. Q. Is a Proventil Inhaler cheaper by you than Secirity Blue? I pay $60. with Security Blue now. Is it cheaper with you for a three months supply ?A. here is a drug prices comparing site- http://www.compare-prescription-prices.com/drug/Proventil.htm but i couldn't find there that other drug you were talking about....is that it's name?
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See BLUblue Related to blue: blue air, Blue filmSynonyms for blueadj depressedSynonyms- depressed
- low
- sad
- unhappy
- fed up
- gloomy
- dismal
- melancholy
- glum
- dejected
- despondent
- downcast
- down in the dumps
- down in the mouth
- low-spirited
- down-hearted
Antonyms- happy
- optimistic
- sunny
- cheerful
- jolly
- merry
- cheery
- genial
- elated
- chirpy
- blithe
adj smuttySynonyms- smutty
- dirty
- naughty
- obscene
- indecent
- vulgar
- lewd
- risqué
- X-rated
- bawdy
- near the knuckle
Antonymsnoun depressionSynonyms- depression
- gloom
- melancholy
- unhappiness
- despondency
- the hump
- dejection
- moodiness
- low spirits
- the dumps
- doldrums
- gloominess
- glumness
Synonyms for blueadj in low spiritsSynonyms- dejected
- depressed
- desolate
- dispirited
- down
- downcast
- downhearted
- dull
- dysphoric
- gloomy
- heavy-hearted
- low
- melancholic
- melancholy
- sad
- spiritless
- tristful
- unhappy
- wistful
adj dark and depressingSynonyms- black
- bleak
- cheerless
- dark
- desolate
- dismal
- dreary
- gloomy
- glum
- joyless
- somber
- tenebrific
adj tending to cause sadness or low spiritsSynonyms- cheerless
- depressing
- dismal
- dispiriting
- gloomy
- joyless
- melancholy
- sad
adj bordering on indelicacy or improprietySynonyms- earthy
- off-color
- provocative
- racy
- risqué
- salty
- scabrous
- spicy
- suggestive
Synonyms for bluenoun blue color or pigmentSynonymsRelated Words- chromatic color
- chromatic colour
- spectral color
- spectral colour
- azure
- cerulean
- lazuline
- sky-blue
- sapphire
- powder blue
- steel blue
- Prussian blue
- dark blue
- navy blue
- navy
- cobalt blue
- greenish blue
- peacock blue
- aqua
- aquamarine
- turquoise
- purplish blue
- royal blue
- ultramarine
noun blue clothingRelated Words- article of clothing
- clothing
- habiliment
- wearable
- vesture
- wear
noun any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blueRelated Words- organization
- organisation
- Union Army
noun the sky as viewed during daylightSynonyms- blue air
- blue sky
- wild blue yonder
Related Wordsnoun used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tingeSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturateSynonyms- amobarbital sodium
- Amytal
- blue angel
- blue devil
Related Wordsnoun any of numerous small butterflies of the family LycaenidaeRelated Words- lycaenid
- lycaenid butterfly
- genus Lycaena
- Lycaena
verb turn blueRelated Words- discolour
- discolor
- color
- colour
adj of the color intermediate between green and violetSynonymsRelated Wordsadj used to signify the Union forces in the American Civil War (who wore blue uniforms)Related Wordsadj filled with melancholy and despondencySynonyms- down in the mouth
- downhearted
- low-spirited
- gloomy
- downcast
- dispirited
- depressed
- grim
- down
- low
Related Wordsadj characterized by profanity or cursingSynonymsRelated Wordsadj suggestive of sexual improprietySynonyms- gamey
- gamy
- naughty
- risque
- spicy
- racy
- juicy
Related Wordsadj belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracySynonyms- aristocratic
- aristocratical
- blue-blooded
- patrician
- gentle
Related Wordsadj morally rigorous and strictSynonymsRelated Wordsadj causing dejectionSynonyms- dismal
- drear
- dreary
- disconsolate
- gloomy
- dingy
- drab
- sorry
- grim
- dark
Related Words- cheerless
- depressing
- uncheerful
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