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bluish

bluish

19 1.2
Slightly blue in color
  • adjective
  • /ˈbluːɪʃ/
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  • The overlying skin may exhibit a faint bluish-red discoloration on examination.
  • bluish discoloration
  • bluish-white
  • bluish-grey

So notice now that my backlight is a little bluish and it's a little intense.

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Examples

  • But my eyes are drawn to the bluish turquoise plate on the second shelf.

  • After a clear day, the air is in its bluish hush before night.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • If I take the same purple and add some blue, it really turns bluish.

  • The interior of the dining room was filling with the bluish Boston winter light of afternoon.

    Academic text (1991)

  • I noticed the bluish tint to his fingertips and his lips.

    Freaky Farley (2007)

  • Its feet and cere were pale yellow, and its beak was bluish gray, like slate.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • His lips were pale blue, and there was a slight bluish tinge to his forehead.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • With coastal waves, dawn's bluish tint helps create a soft and sensuous surf.

    Academic text (2000)

  • Subsequently, the bluish discoloration of the oral mucosa resolved, and healthy granulation tissue appeared.

    Academic text (2008)

  • The artist chose a bluish paint for the sky in her latest mural.

Synonyms

blue
vsbluish
∞ 1.0

The color between green and violet like a clear sky

is a faint sky tint rather than the full clear sky color
blueish
vsbluish
  • US
1 1.8

Having a slight blue color

is the same in meaning but uses the standard spelling without the extra e
bluesy
vsbluish
5.7

A little blue in color

is used to say the color itself has a slight sky tint
bluey
vsbluish
5.4

Slightly blue in color like a pale sky

is milder and less noticeable in its sky tint

Antonyms

colorless
  • US
12 2.9

Having very little or no color

Compounds

bluish tint
1 2.8

A slight blue color in something like glass or the sky

bluish-gray
1 2.5

A grey color with a touch of blue

bluish black
1 3.7

A very dark color like black with a slight hint of blue

bluish-white
1 2.5

White that looks a little blue

bluish green
2.7

Green with a small blue tone

bluish green
2.4

A color that is a mix of blue and green

bluish-lilac
3.9

A pale purple color with a little blue in it

bluish-purple
3.0

A purple color with a little blue mixed in

bluish-violet
2.7

A violet color with a little blue

How Blue

navy
69 1.0
dark blue
16 1.0
bluish
19 1.2
light-blue
16 1.0
pale blue
14 1.0

Surface Forms

bluish positive
bluer comparative
bluest superlative

Morphology

bluish = blue (transparent) = blue + ish

The suffix '-ish' meaning 'somewhat' or 'having the quality of' is productive and directly yields 'somewhat blue'.

Etymology

Bluish combines the simple word blue with the ending -ish, where -ish means 'somewhat' or 'like'. So bluish describes something that is a little 'blue' or has a 'blue' tint.