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azure

[azh-er] / ˈæʒ ər /
ADJECTIVE
purplish blue
Synonyms


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Joseph’s family held a small service for him in a church overlooking the Caribbean’s azure waters.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 26, 2025

Mauve mountain peaks jut into the azure sky at the horizon.

From BBC • Oct. 31, 2024

It’s made of blue, I don’t know what it is, azure of some kind, and gold, and that’s going to be the face of the watch.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2024

He and his team found that both worlds are in fact a similar shade of greenish blue, despite the commonly-held belief that Neptune is a deep azure and Uranus has a pale cyan appearance.

From Science Daily • Jan. 4, 2024

The only space open to them was up on the stage, and they went up there, pulled the azure curtains down, made nests.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut