DICTOMETER

BLUES

1. Synonyms:
   • Blues
   Definitions:
   • a type of folksong that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century
   • has a melancholy sound from repeated use of blue notes
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Blues
   • Blue devils
   • Megrims
   • Vapors
   • Vapours
   Definitions:
   • a state of depression
   Examples:
   • He had a bad case of the blues
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Blue
   • Blueness
   Definitions:
   • blue color or pigment
   • resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime
   Examples:
   • He had eyes of bright blue
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Blue
   Definitions:
   • blue clothing
   Examples:
   • She was wearing blue
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Blue
   Definitions:
   • any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue
   Examples:
   • The Union army was a vast blue
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Blue sky
   • Blue
   • Blue air
   • Wild blue yonder
   Definitions:
   • the sky as viewed during daylight
   Examples:
   • He shot an arrow into the blue
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Bluing
   • Blueing
   • Blue
   Definitions:
   • used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Amobarbital sodium
   • Blue
   • Blue angel
   • Blue devil
   • Amytal
   Definitions:
   • the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate
   • used as a sedative and a hypnotic
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Blue
   Definitions:
   • any of numerous small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Blue
   Definitions:
   • turn blue