bluish

See also: Bluish

English

From Middle English blewissh, blewisch (also Middle English bloysh), equivalent to blue +‎ -ish.

bluish (comparative more bluish, superlative most bluish)

Having a tint or hue similar to the colour blue.
- 1978, “Heart of Glass”, in Parallel Lines, performed by Blondie:
  Riding high on love's true bluish light
(figuratively) Somewhat depressed; sad.
- 2009, John Wooden, Jay Carty, Coach Wooden One-On-One
  To this day, I usually read my Bible a couple of times a day, and I still enjoy attempting to express my feelings through poetry, especially when I'm feeling bluish.

somewhat blue in color

Armenian: կապտավուն (hy) (kaptavun)
Asturian: azuláu
Breton: arc'hlas (br), damc'hlas (br)
Bulgarian: синкав (sinkav)
Catalan: blavós (ca), blavenc (ca), blavís
Czech: modravý
Dutch: blauwig (nl)
Erzya: сэняжа (senjaža)
Esperanto: blueta
Finnish: sinertävä (fi)
French: bleuâtre (fr), bleuté (fr), légèrement bleu
Galician: azulado, azulino
German: bläulich (de)
Hebrew: כְּחַלְחַל‎ (he) m (k'khalkhal)
Hungarian: kékes (hu)
Ido: bluatra (io)
Irish: scothghorm
Italian: (somewhat dark blue) bluastro; (somewhat sky blue) azzurrastro, azzurrognolo
Kalmyk: көквр (kökvr)
Latvian: iezils, zilgans, iezilgans
Nogai: коькшил (kökşil)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: blålig, blåaktig
Nynorsk: blåleg, blåaktig
Plautdietsch: bleiwlich
Portuguese: azulado (pt)
Romanian: albăstriu (ro), albăstrui (ro)
Romansch: (Rumantsch Grischun) blauent, (Sutsilvan, Puter) blovaint, (Surmiran) blavaint, (Vallader) blauaint
Russian: (somewhat dark blue) синева́тый (ru) (sinevátyj); (somewhat sky blue) голубова́тый (ru) (golubovátyj)
Shor: кӧгӱлдӱрӱм
Spanish: azulado (es)
Swedish: blåaktig (sv)
Turkish: gökçül (tr), mavimsi (tr), mavimtırak (tr)
Volapük: blövilik (vo), (older term) yuliblik, (older term) luyulibik

colloquial: somewhat depressed