BLUE | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Home » How Do You Spell Blue » BLUE | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Maybe your like

Meaning of blue in English blueadjective uk /bluː/ us /bluː/

blue adjective (COLOUR)

Add to word list Add to word list A1 of the colour of the sky without clouds on a bright day, or a darker or lighter type of this: He was wearing a faded blue shirt.blue eyes She has pale blue eyes.blue with cold Her hands were blue with cold (= slightly blue because of the cold).
  • She's got fair hair and blue eyes.
  • She wore a pale blue hat.
  • For weeks we had cloudless blue skies.
  • I caught a tantalizing glimpse of the sparkling blue sea through the trees.
  • Police are looking for a small blue car with the registration number K17 EMW.
Common colours
  • black and tan
  • bluely
  • blueness
  • bluey
  • bluish
  • brown
  • green
  • greenish
  • greenly
  • orange
  • pinkish
  • pinkness
  • purple
  • purpleness
  • purplish
  • red
  • reddish
  • yellowish
  • yellowness
See more results »

blue adjective (SAD)

C2 [ after verb ] informal feeling or showing sadness: He's been a bit blue since she left him.feel blue Synonyms dejected depressed despondent dispirited doleful dolorous literary down downcast downhearted down in the dumps gloomy glum informal heartbroken heartsick literary low (SAD) low-spirited melancholy miserable (UNHAPPY) mournful sad (NOT HAPPY) sorrowful literary unhappySee also have the blues informal Feeling sad and unhappy
  • a long face idiom
  • abjection
  • angsty
  • be cut up idiom
  • be down in the mouth idiom
  • be in a funk idiom
  • dismayed
  • displeased
  • dissatisfied
  • distraught
  • distressed
  • lacerated
  • lachrymose
  • lonely
  • lonesome
  • unslakable
  • unsmiling
  • wish you had never been born idiom
  • wistful
  • wistfully
See more results »

blue adjective (SEXUAL)

showing or mentioning sexual activity in a way that offends many people: a blue joke a blue movie/film His humour is a bit too blue for my tastes. Synonyms X-rated coarse (RUDE) crude (RUDE) dirty (NOT POLITE) informal explicit filthy (OFFENSIVE) indecent (IMMORAL) mucky UK informal obscene offensive (UPSETTING) rude (NOT POLITE) smutty disapproving vulgar (RUDE) disapproving

blue adjective (MEAT)

(of meat) cooked so that it is still very red Synonym extra-rareCompare medium adjective (MEAT) rare (OF MEAT) well done Cookery terms
  • amandine
  • au gratin
  • cuisine
  • curdle
  • Dutched
  • extra-rare
  • farci
  • mise en place
  • niçoise
  • Normande
  • nose to tail idiom
  • nouvelle
  • uncooked
  • unstrained
  • wilt
  • wilted
  • zucchini noodles
  • à la grecque
  • à la king
  • à la mode
See more results »

Related word

blueness

Idioms

scream/shout blue murder until you are blue in the face bluenoun uk /bluː/ us /bluː/

blue noun (COLOUR)

A2 [ C or U ] the colour of the sky without clouds on a bright day, or a darker or lighter type of this   Olaf Spöllmink/EyeEm/GettyImages
  • I'm very fond of blue.
  • There's a lot of blue in our house.
  • What a beautiful shade of blue!
  • I'd prefer a darker shade of blue.
  • I love the blue that they paint their houses.
Common colours
  • black and tan
  • bluely
  • blueness
  • bluey
  • bluish
  • brown
  • green
  • greenish
  • greenly
  • orange
  • pinkish
  • pinkness
  • purple
  • purpleness
  • purplish
  • red
  • reddish
  • yellowish
  • yellowness
See more results »

blue noun (SPORTS)

[ C ] UK a person who has played a sport for Oxford University against Cambridge University or for Cambridge University against Oxford University, or the title given to him or her for this Competitors & participants in sports & games
  • anchorman
  • attacker
  • back four
  • baller
  • ballplayer
  • finalist
  • juco
  • judoka
  • letterman
  • logroller
  • long-jumper
  • matador
  • opponent
  • scalp
  • striker
  • swingman
  • target man
  • team sheet
  • teammate
  • time trialist
See more results »

blue noun (ARGUMENT)

[ C ] Australian English informal an argument with someone: He had a blue with his wife in the middle of the street. Arguments & disagreements
  • be (on) non-speakers idiom
  • belligerence
  • bickering
  • blood feud
  • bust up phrasal verb
  • clash
  • collision
  • controversy
  • discord
  • multi-front
  • non-speaker
  • pile
  • pile on phrasal verb
  • pile on/onto (someone) phrasal verb
  • quarrel
  • scrap
  • shouting match
  • skirmish
  • stoush
  • turf war
See more results »

Idioms

blues and twos out of the blue (Definition of blue from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

blue | American Dictionary

blueadjective, noun [ C/U ] us /blu/

blue adjective, noun [C/U] (COLOR)

Add to word list Add to word list (of) the color of the sky on a clear, bright day: She has blue eyes.

Idiom

the blues blueadjective [ -er/-est only ] us /blu/

blue adjective [-er/-est only] (SAD)

sad; unhappy: I don’t know what’s wrong – I just feel blue. (Definition of blue from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) What is the pronunciation of blue?

Translations of blue

in Chinese (Traditional) 顔色, 藍色的, 天藍色的… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 颜色, 蓝色的, 天蓝色的… See more in Spanish azul, sellado, azul [masculine]… See more in Portuguese azul, azul [masculine-feminine], triste [masculine-feminine]… See more in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian निळा, उदास, निळेभोर… See more 青い, 青, 青色… See more mavi, mavi renk, üzgün… See more bleu/bleue, cafardeux/-euse, bleu [masculine]… See more blau… See more blauw, zwaarmoedig, lucht… See more ஒரு பிரகாசமான நாளில் மேகங்கள் இல்லாத வானத்தின் நிறம், அல்லது இதன் இருண்ட அல்லது இலகுவான வகை, உணர்வு அல்லது சோகத்தைக் காட்டுதல்… See more नीला, उदास, नीला रंग… See more વાદળી, ગમગીન, ભૂરો… See more blå, i dårligt humør, deprimeret… See more blå, nere, deppig… See more biru, sedih, langit biru… See more blau, niedergeschlagen sein, das Blau… See more blå, melankolsk, trist… See more آسمانی, مایوس, افسردہ… See more синій, блакитний, понурий… See more నీలం, బాధ, ఆకాశ నీలం… See more একটি উজ্জ্বল দিনে মেঘহীন আকাশের রং অথবা আরও একটু গাঢ় বা হালকা ধরনের রঙের, দুঃখের অনুভূতি, একটি উজ্জ্বল দিনে মেঘহীন আকাশের রং অথবা আরও একটু গাঢ় বা হালকা ধরনের রং… See more modrý, sklíčený, smutný… See more biru, sedih, warna langit cerah… See more ฟ้า, น้ำเงิน, เศร้าใจ… See more xanh, chán nản, màu xanh… See more niebieski, błękitny, smutny… See more 파란색의, 하늘색… See more azzurro, blu, celeste… See more Need a translator?

Get a quick, free translation!

Translator tool

Browse

bludgeon bludgeoned bludgeoning bludger blue blue baby blue badge blue blood blue book {{#randomImageQuizHook.filename}} {{#randomImageQuizHook.isQuiz}} Test your vocabulary with our fun image quizzes Try a quiz now {{/randomImageQuizHook.isQuiz}} {{^randomImageQuizHook.isQuiz}} {{/randomImageQuizHook.isQuiz}} {{/randomImageQuizHook.filename}}

More meanings of blue

  • blue cheese
  • blue jeans
  • blue law
  • navy (blue)
  • Big Blue
  • Blue Dog
  • blue gum
See all meanings
  • the blues idiom
  • blue plaque phrase
  • black and blue idiom
  • the air is blue idiom
  • the boys in blue idiom
  • out of the blue idiom
  • scream/shout blue murder idiom
See all idioms and phrases

Word of the Day

stuffed up

UK /ˌstʌft ˈʌp/ US /ˌstʌft ˈʌp/

If you are stuffed up, your nose is blocked with mucus, usually because you have a cold.

About this

Blog

Walk a mile in my shoes (Words about empathy)

March 11, 2026 Read More

New Words

fail watching March 09, 2026 More new words has been added to list To top AI icon AI Assistant Contents EnglishAmericanTranslations AI icon AI Assistant {{#displayLoginPopup}} Cambridge Dictionary +Plus

Learn more with +Plus

Sign up for free and get access to exclusive content: Free word lists and quizzes from Cambridge Tools to create your own word lists and quizzes Word lists shared by our community of dictionary fans Sign up now or Log in Cambridge Dictionary +Plus

Learn more with +Plus

Create word lists and quizzes for free Sign up now or Log in {{/displayLoginPopup}} {{#displayClassicSurvey}} {{/displayClassicSurvey}}
  • Cambridge Dictionary +Plus
  • My profile
  • +Plus help
  • Log out
AI Assistant Dictionary Definitions Clear explanations of natural written and spoken English English Learner’s Dictionary Essential British English Essential American English Translations Click on the arrows to change the translation direction. Bilingual Dictionaries English–Chinese (Simplified) Chinese (Simplified)–English English–Chinese (Traditional) Chinese (Traditional)–English English–Danish Danish–English English–Dutch Dutch–English English–French French–English English–German German–English English–Indonesian Indonesian–English English–Italian Italian–English English–Japanese Japanese–English English–Norwegian Norwegian–English English–Polish Polish–English English–Portuguese Portuguese–English English–Spanish Spanish–English English–Swedish Swedish–English Semi-bilingual Dictionaries English–Arabic English–Bengali English–Catalan English–Czech English–Gujarati English–Hindi English–Korean English–Malay English–Marathi English–Russian English–Tamil English–Telugu English–Thai English–Turkish English–Ukrainian English–Urdu English–Vietnamese Translate Grammar Thesaurus Pronunciation Cambridge Dictionary +Plus Games {{userName}}
  • Cambridge Dictionary +Plus
  • My profile
  • +Plus help
  • Log out
Log in / Sign up English (UK) Change English (UK) English (US) Español Português 中文 (简体) 正體中文 (繁體) Dansk Deutsch Français Italiano Nederlands Norsk Polski Русский Türkçe Tiếng Việt Svenska Українська 日本語 한국어 ગુજરાતી தமிழ் తెలుగు বাঙ্গালি मराठी हिंदी Follow us Choose a dictionary
  • Recent and Recommended {{#preferredDictionaries}} {{name}} {{/preferredDictionaries}}
  • Definitions Clear explanations of natural written and spoken English English Learner’s Dictionary Essential British English Essential American English
  • Grammar and thesaurus Usage explanations of natural written and spoken English Grammar Thesaurus
  • Pronunciation British and American pronunciations with audio English Pronunciation
  • Translation Click on the arrows to change the translation direction. Bilingual Dictionaries
    • English–Chinese (Simplified) Chinese (Simplified)–English
    • English–Chinese (Traditional) Chinese (Traditional)–English
    • English–Danish Danish–English
    • English–Dutch Dutch–English
    • English–French French–English
    • English–German German–English
    • English–Indonesian Indonesian–English
    • English–Italian Italian–English
    • English–Japanese Japanese–English
    • English–Norwegian Norwegian–English
    • English–Polish Polish–English
    • English–Portuguese Portuguese–English
    • English–Spanish Spanish–English
    • English–Swedish Swedish–English
    Semi-bilingual Dictionaries English–Arabic English–Bengali English–Catalan English–Czech English–Gujarati English–Hindi English–Korean English–Malay English–Marathi English–Russian English–Tamil English–Telugu English–Thai English–Turkish English–Ukrainian English–Urdu English–Vietnamese
  • Dictionary +Plus Word Lists
Choose your language English (UK) English (US) Español Português 中文 (简体) 正體中文 (繁體) Dansk Deutsch Français Italiano Nederlands Norsk Polski Русский Türkçe Tiếng Việt Svenska Українська 日本語 한국어 ગુજરાતી தமிழ் తెలుగు বাঙ্গালি मराठी हिंदी Contents
  • English   
    • Adjective 
      • blue (COLOUR)
      • blue (SAD)
      • blue (SEXUAL)
      • blue (MEAT)
    • Noun 
      • blue (COLOUR)
      • blue (SPORTS)
      • blue (ARGUMENT)
  • American   
    • Adjective, noun 
      • blue (COLOR)
    • Adjective 
      • blue (SAD)
  • Translations
  • Grammar
  • All translations
My word lists

To add blue to a word list please sign up or log in.

Sign up or Log in My word lists

Add blue to one of your lists below, or create a new one.

{{#verifyErrors}}

{{message}}

{{/verifyErrors}} {{^verifyErrors}} {{#message}}

{{message}}

{{/message}} {{^message}}

Something went wrong.

{{/message}} {{/verifyErrors}} {{name}} More Go to your word lists {{#verifyErrors}}

{{message}}

{{/verifyErrors}} {{^verifyErrors}} {{#message}}

{{message}}

{{/message}} {{^message}}

Something went wrong.

{{/message}} {{/verifyErrors}} Tell us about this example sentence: The word in the example sentence does not match the entry word. The sentence contains offensive content. Cancel Submit Thanks! Your feedback will be reviewed. {{#verifyErrors}}

{{message}}

{{/verifyErrors}} {{^verifyErrors}} {{#message}}

{{message}}

{{/message}} {{^message}}

There was a problem sending your report.

{{/message}} {{/verifyErrors}} The word in the example sentence does not match the entry word. The sentence contains offensive content. Cancel Submit Thanks! Your feedback will be reviewed. {{#verifyErrors}}

{{message}}

{{/verifyErrors}} {{^verifyErrors}} {{#message}}

{{message}}

{{/message}} {{^message}}

There was a problem sending your report.

{{/message}} {{/verifyErrors}}

Tag » How Do You Spell Blue