bluish
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blu·ish
also blue·ish (blo͞o′ĭsh)adj.
Somewhat blue.
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bluish
(ˈbluːɪʃ) orblueish
adj
somewhat blue
ˈbluishness, ˈblueishness n
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blu•ish
(ˈblu ɪʃ)adj.
rather blue.
[1350–1400]
blu′ish•ness, n.
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Adj. | 1. | bluish - 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" chromatic - being or having or characterized by hue |
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Translations
مائِلٌ إلى الزُّرْقَه
modravýnamodralý
blå-blålig
bláleitur
modravý
mavimtrak
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bluish
adj → bläulich
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blue
(bluː) adjective1. of the colour of a cloudless sky. blue paint; Her eyes are blue.
2. sad or depressed. I'm feeling blue today.
noun1. the colour of a cloudless sky. That is a beautiful blue.
2. a blue paint, material etc. We'll have to get some more blue.
3. the sky or the sea. The balloon floated off into the blue.
ˈblueness nounˈbluish adjective
quite blue; close to blue. a bluish green.
ˈbluebottle noun a kind of large house-fly with a blue abdomen.
ˈbluecollar adjective (of workers) wearing overalls and working in factories etc. Blue collar workers are demanding the same pay as office staff.
ˈblueprint noun a detailed photographic plan of work to be carried out. the blueprints for a new aircraft.
once in a blue moon very seldom. He visits his mother once in a blue moon.
out of the blue without warning. He arrived out of the blue, without phoning first.
the blues low spirits; depression. He's got the blues today but he's usually cheerful.
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bluish
adj azuladoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.