Clues for the word "BLUE"

We've had 357 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 526 times in crosswords. It was last seen in USA Today crossword on March 10, 2025.

Definition of blue

superl. - Having the color of the clear sky, or a hue resembling it, whether lighter or darker; as, the deep, blue sea; as blue as a sapphire; blue violets.
superl. - Pale, without redness or glare, -- said of a flame; hence, of the color of burning brimstone, betokening the presence of ghosts or devils; as, the candle burns blue; the air was blue with oaths.
superl. - Low in spirits; melancholy; as, to feel blue.
superl. - Suited to produce low spirits; gloomy in prospect; as, thongs looked blue.
superl. - Severe or over strict in morals; gloom; as, blue and sour religionists; suiting one who is over strict in morals; inculcating an impracticable, severe, or gloomy mortality; as, blue laws.
superl. - Literary; -- applied to women; -- an abbreviation of bluestocking.
n. - One of the seven colors into which the rays of light divide themselves, when refracted through a glass prism; the color of the clear sky, or a color resembling that, whether lighter or darker; a pigment having such color. Sometimes, poetically, the sky.
n. - A pedantic woman; a bluestocking.
pl. - Low spirits; a fit of despondency; melancholy.
v. t. - To make blue; to dye of a blue color; to make blue by heating, as metals, etc.