Blue, a.
- 1. Azure, cerulean, sapphirine, amethystine, sky-colored.
- 2. Livid, ghastly, pallid.
- 3. (Colloq.) Melancholy, dejected, dispirited, depressed, sad, glum, gloomy, mopish, downcast, desponding,
downhearted, hypochondriac, hipped, chapfallen, low-spirited, cast down, in the dumps, with a long face,
in the blues, down in the mouth.
- 4. (Colloq.) Dismal, depressing, doleful, gloomy, dispiriting, melancholy, disheartening.
- 5. Pedantic (said of women), on the blue-stocking order, sapient.
Blue, n. Azure, sky-color, cerulean, amethystine, sapphirine.
Blue-devils, n. pl. See blues.
Blue-fish, n. Tailor, skip-jack, snapping mackerel (Temnodon saltator).
Blues, n. pl. [With The.] Melancholy, dejection, depression, despondency, hypochondria, dumps, vapors, low spirits, blue-devils, the dismals.
Blue-stocking, n. Pedantic woman, sapient female.
Blue-vitriol, n. Sulphate of copper, blue-stone.
Bluff, a.
- 1. Broad and full, hearty and open. (Said of the countenance.)
- 2. Rough and hearty, blunt and frank, roughly good-natured.
- 3. Steep, abrupt, precipitous, like a bluff.
Bluff, n. Precipitous bank (especially on the margin of a river or the sea).
Blunder, v. n.
- 1. Mistake (grossly), err (from want of care).
- 2. Flounder, stumble, go bungling.
- 3. Bungle, be awkward, miss the mark, miss the point, be stupid, inaccurate, or at loose ends.