ˌæɹɪstəˈkɹætɪk ˈblæs.fəm.əs

ˈbluːɪʃ dɪˈpɹɛst ˈdɪn.dʒi dɪsˈkɑnsəlɪt dɪsˈkɒnsəlɪt ˈdɪzməl dɪˈspɪɹɪtəd ˈdaʊnkæst ˈdaʊnkɑːst ˈdɹɪɹi ˈdɹɪəɹi ˈɡeɪmi ˈdʒɛntl̩ ˈdʒɛntl̩ ˈɡluːmi ˈɡlumi ˈdʒusi ləʊ loʊ ˈnɔːti ˈnɔti pətɹˈɪʃən pɹəˈfeɪn pjʊəɹ.ɪˈtæn.ɪ.kəl pjɚ.ɪˈtæn.ɪ.kl̩ ˈɹeɪsi ˈsɔɹi ˈsɒɹi ˈsɑɹi causing dejection a blue day the dark days of the war a week of rainy depressing weather a disconsolate winter landscape the first dismal dispiriting days of November a dark gloomy day grim rainy weather of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky October's bright blue weather a blue flame blue haze of tobacco smoke characterized by profanity or cursing foul-mouthed and blasphemous blue language profane words turn blue filled with melancholy and despondency gloomy at the thought of what he had to face gloomy predictions a gloomy silence took a grim view of the economy the darkening mood lonely and blue in a strange city depressed by the loss of his job a dispirited and resigned expression on her face downcast after his defeat feeling discouraged and downhearted morally rigorous and strict puritanic distaste for alcohol she was anything but puritanical in her behavior blue laws belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy an aristocratic family aristocratic Bostonians aristocratic government a blue family blue blood the blue-blooded aristocracy of gentle blood patrician landholders of the American South aristocratic bearing aristocratic features patrician tastes used to signify the Union forces in the American Civil War (who wore blue uniforms) a ragged blue line suggestive of sexual impropriety a blue movie blue jokes he skips asterisks and gives you the gamy details a juicy scandal a naughty wink naughty words racy anecdotes a risque story spicy gossip any of numerous small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic blue clothing she was wearing blue blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime he had eyes of bright blue any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue the Union army was a vast blue the sky as viewed during daylight he shot an arrow into the blue used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge