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Webster 1913 Edition

Bluish

Blu′ish

,

Adj.

Somewhat blue;

as,

bluish

veins

.

“Bluish mists.”

Dryden.

–

Blu′ish-ly

,

adv.

–

Blu′ish-ness

,

Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition

Bluish

BLU'ISH

,

Adj.

Blue in a small degree.

Definition 2024

bluish

bluish

English

Alternative forms

blueish

Adjective

bluish ‎(comparative more bluish, superlative most bluish)

Having a tint or hue similar to the colour blue.
(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.

Translations

somewhat blue in color

Armenian: կապտավուն (hy) ‎(kaptavun)
Asturian: azuláu
Bulgarian: синкав ‎(sinkav)
Catalan: blavós, 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: blåaktig
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)
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