bluish
bluish
Definition
blu·ish (-is̸h)
adjective
somewhat blue
bluish
Synonyms
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.
