Meaning

2 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)The quality or characteristic of being blue in color.

    Bläue

    blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime

  2. (uncountable, usually)Melancholy.

Examples

3 sentences
  1. The ocean's supposed blueness comes entirely from the sky.

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  2. The ocean's blueness comes from the same atmospheric conditions that make the sky blue.

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  3. I just want to hop into my boat and sally forth into the great blueness.

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Translations

3 languages
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By meaning 1
quality or characteristic of being blue:

Origin

From blue + -ness.

From blue + -ness.

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Forms

plural: bluenesses
Singularblueness

uncountable

Synonyms

36 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime:blue

Word family

1 related words
Relatedblue

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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