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bluish Definition

blu·ish (-is̸h)

adjective

somewhat blue

bluish Synonyms

bluish

modif.

somewhat blue, pale blue, blue-gray; see blue 1.

bluish Usage Examples

Used with adjective complement

  • look: They come in two basic flavors: METAL HALIDES or MH lamps emit a white light that looks slightly bluish.

Modifies a noun

  • tinge: The slight bluish tinge in the hind wing doesn't count.
  • tint: Some of the specimens looked almost as tho they had been coated with a dark metal film, while others had a bluish tint.
  • hue: As the sun came up icicles sparkled in the sun and huge ice blocks took on different bluish hues.
  • glow: Far below was a bluish glow, a sort of blue mist - at an infinite distance below.
  • gray: The color has changed from black to the bluish gray featured in the ' Russian UFO Crash ' .
  • color: Nuclear sclerosis also occurs in older people, who you may notice have a bluish gray color to their eye.

Modifying Another Word

  • slightly: They come in two basic flavors: METAL HALIDES or MH lamps emit a white light that looks slightly bluish.
  • often: As well as their attractive flowers they have handsome leaves, often bluish or greyish-green and many are richly tinted in spring and autumn.
  • occasionally: Color, usually orange but occasionally bluish specimens are discovered.

Preposition: in

  • color: This scattering causes distant objects to appear slightly hazy and bluish in color.

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