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blue
adjective as in sky, sea color
adjective as in sad
Strong matches
dejected, depressed, dispirited, downcast, low, melancholy, moody
Weak matches
despondent, disconsolate, dismal, down in the dumps, downhearted, fed up, gloomy, glum, unhappy, woebegone
Example Sentences
The “Strip That Down” singer’s dark blue casket arrived at the church in a white horse-drawn hearse carrying floral arrangements spelling the words “son” and “daddy,” the BBC said.
Long Beach Realtors Loree Scarborough and Tessa Owen were holding several fat bundles of blue hydrangeas around 8:30 a.m. while considering long stems of orange ranunculus for a client appreciation event later that day.
The outcome was the latest indication of a rightward shift in the reliably blue state, which saw a number of surprising results from the Nov. 5 election.
Still, it is intended to signal that City Hall is standing with its large immigrant population in a deep blue city already well-known for resisting Trump.
But can these bring Delhi's elusive blue skies back?
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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