blue vs dreary

blue

adj
  • Pale, without redness or glare; said of a flame. 

  • Risqué; obscene; profane; pornographic. 

  • Having a color charge of blue. 

  • Supportive of, run by (a member of), pertaining to, or dominated by the Democratic Party. 

  • Supportive of or related to the Conservative Party. 

  • Supportive of or related to the Liberal Party. 

  • Extra rare; left very raw and cold. 

  • Having a coat of fur of a slaty gray shade. 

  • Depressed, melancholic, sad. 

  • Of the higher-frequency region of the part of the electromagnetic spectrum which is relevant in the specific observation. 

  • Having blue as its color. 

  • Having a bluish or purplish shade of the skin due to a lack of oxygen to the normally deep red blood cells. 

noun
  • A blue uniform. See blues. 

  • One of the three color charges for quarks. 

  • A bluefish. 

  • A bluestocking. 

  • A dog or cat with a slaty gray coat. 

  • The ocean; deep waters. 

  • The sky, literally or figuratively. 

  • One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of five points. 

  • An umpire, in reference to the typical dark blue color of the umpire's uniform. Sometimes perceived by umpires as derogatory when used by players or coaches while disputing a call. 

  • Blue clothing. 

  • Sporting colours awarded by a university or other institution for sporting achievement, such as representing one's university, especially and originally at Oxford and Cambridge Universities in England. See also full blue, half blue. 

  • Any of several processes to protect metal against rust. 

  • A member or supporter of the Conservative Party. 

  • The far distance; a remote or distant place. 

  • A liquid with an intense blue colour, added to a laundry wash to prevent yellowing of white clothes. 

  • A member of law enforcement. 

  • A type of firecracker. 

  • A blue dye or pigment. 

  • A member of a sports team that wears blue colours; (in the plural) a nickname for the team as a whole. See also blues. 

  • Anything coloured blue, especially to distinguish it from similar objects differing only in color. 

  • The colour of the clear sky or the deep sea, between green and purple in the visible spectrum, and one of the primary additive colours for transmitted light; the colour obtained by subtracting red and green from white light using magenta and cyan filters; or any colour resembling this. 

  • A person who has received such sporting colours. 

  • Any of the butterflies of the subfamily Polyommatinae in the family Lycaenidae, most of which have blue on their wings. 

  • An argument or brawl. 

verb
  • To fight, brawl, or argue. 

  • To make or become blue; to turn blue. 

  • To treat the surface of steel so that it is passivated chemically and becomes more resistant to rust. 

  • To brighten by treating with blue (laundry aid). 

dreary

adj
  • Drab; dark, colorless, or cheerless. 

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