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Blue

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.

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Cheerless 84% connected

Without joy, gladness, or comfort.

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Cheerless 84% connected

Without joy, gladness, or comfort.

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Chromatic 84% connected

Relating to color, or to colors.

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Chromatic 84% connected

Relating to color, or to colors.

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Dejected 84% connected

of Deject

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Dejected 84% connected

of Deject

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Depressing 84% connected

of Depress

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Depressing 84% connected

of Depress

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Dirty 84% connected

Defiled with dirt; foul; nasty; filthy; not clean or pure; serving to defile; as, dirty hands; dirty water; a dirty white.

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Dirty 84% connected

Defiled with dirt; foul; nasty; filthy; not clean or pure; serving to defile; as, dirty hands; dirty water; a dirty white.

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Noble 84% connected

Possessing eminence, elevation, dignity, etc.; above whatever is low, mean, degrading, or dishonorable; magnanimous; as, a noble nature or action; a…

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Noble 84% connected

Possessing eminence, elevation, dignity, etc.; above whatever is low, mean, degrading, or dishonorable; magnanimous; as, a noble nature or action; a…

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Northern 84% connected

Of or pertaining to the north; being in the north, or nearer to that point than to the east or west.

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Northern 84% connected

Of or pertaining to the north; being in the north, or nearer to that point than to the east or west.

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Strict 84% connected

Strained; drawn close; tight; as, a strict embrace; a strict ligature.

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Strict 84% connected

Strained; drawn close; tight; as, a strict embrace; a strict ligature.

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Narrower term 9

Aqua 76% connected

Water; -- a word much used in pharmacy and the old chemistry, in various signification, determined by the word or words annexed.

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Aquamarine 76% connected

A transparent, pale green variety of beryl, used as a gem. See Beryl.

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Azure 76% connected

Sky-blue; resembling the clear blue color of the unclouded sky; cerulean; also, cloudless.

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Cerulean 76% connected

Sky-colored; blue; azure.

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Navy 76% connected

A fleet of ships; an assemblage of merchantmen, or so many as sail in company.

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Sapphire 76% connected

Native alumina or aluminium sesquioxide, Al2O3; corundum; esp., the blue transparent variety of corundum, highly prized as a gem.

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Sky-blue 76% connected

Having the blue color of the sky; azure; as, a sky-blue stone.

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Turquoise 76% connected

Alt. of Turquois

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Ultramarine 76% connected

Situated or being beyond the sea.

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Broader term 12

Clothing 76% connected

of Clothe

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Color 76% connected

A property depending on the relations of light to the eye, by which individual and specific differences in the hues and tints of objects are apprehen…

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Colour 76% connected

See Color.

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Discolor 76% connected

To alter the natural hue or color of; to change to a different color; to stain; to tinge; as, a drop of wine will discolor water; silver is discolore…

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Dye 76% connected

To stain; to color; to give a new and permanent color to, as by the application of dyestuffs.

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Dyestuff 76% connected

A material used for dyeing.

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Habiliment 76% connected

A garment; an article of clothing.

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Organization 76% connected

The act of organizing; the act of arranging in a systematic way for use or action; as, the organization of an army, or of a deliberative body.

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Sky 76% connected

A cloud.

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Vesture 76% connected

A garment or garments; a robe; clothing; dress; apparel; vestment; covering; envelope.

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Wear 76% connected

Same as Weir.

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Wearable 76% connected

Capable of being worn; suitable to be worn.

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Blueness 74% connected

The quality of being blue; a blue color.

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Blueness 74% connected

The quality of being blue; a blue color.

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Synonym 33

Aristocratic 92% connected

Alt. of Aristocratical

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Aristocratical 92% connected

Of or pertaining to an aristocracy; consisting in, or favoring, a government of nobles, or principal men; as, an aristocratic constitution.

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Blasphemous 92% connected

Speaking or writing blasphemy; uttering or exhibiting anything impiously irreverent; profane; as, a blasphemous person; containing blasphemy; as, a b…

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Blueness 92% connected

The quality of being blue; a blue color.

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Bluing 92% connected

of Blue

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Bluish 92% connected

Somewhat blue; as, bluish veins.

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Dark 92% connected

Destitute, or partially destitute, of light; not receiving, reflecting, or radiating light; wholly or partially black, or of some deep shade of color…

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Depressed 92% connected

of Depress

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Dingy 92% connected

Alt. of Dinghy

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Disconsolate 92% connected

Disconsolateness.

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Dismal 92% connected

Fatal; ill-omened; unlucky.

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Dispirited 92% connected

of Dispirit

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Down 92% connected

Fine, soft, hairy outgrowth from the skin or surface of animals or plants, not matted and fleecy like wool

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Downcast 92% connected

Cast downward; directed to the ground, from bashfulness, modesty, dejection, or guilt.

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Downhearted 92% connected

Dejected; low-spirited.

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Drab 92% connected

A low, sluttish woman.

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Drear 92% connected

Dismal; gloomy with solitude.

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Dreary 92% connected

Sorrowful; distressful.

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Gamy 92% connected

Having the flavor of game, esp. of game kept uncooked till near the condition of tainting; high-flavored.

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Gentle 92% connected

Well-born; of a good family or respectable birth, though not noble.

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Gloomy 92% connected

Imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded; as, the cavern was gloomy.

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Grim 92% connected

Of forbidding or fear-inspiring aspect; fierce; stern; surly; cruel; frightful; horrible.

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Juicy 92% connected

A bounding with juice; succulent.

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Low 92% connected

strong imp. of Laugh.

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Low-spirited 92% connected

Deficient in animation and courage; dejected; depressed; not sprightly.

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Naughty 92% connected

Having little or nothing.

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Patrician 92% connected

Of or pertaining to the Roman patres (fathers) or senators, or patricians.

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Profane 92% connected

Not sacred or holy; not possessing peculiar sanctity; unconsecrated; hence, relating to matters other than sacred; secular; -- opposed to sacred, rel…

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Puritanic 92% connected

Alt. of Puritanical

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Puritanical 92% connected

Of or pertaining to the Puritans, or to their doctrines and practice.

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Racy 92% connected

Having a strong flavor indicating origin; of distinct characteristic taste; tasting of the soil; hence, fresh; rich.

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Sorry 92% connected

Grieved for the loss of some good; pained for some evil; feeling regret; -- now generally used to express light grief or affliction, but formerly oft…

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Spicy 92% connected

Flavored with, or containing, spice or spices; fragrant; aromatic; as, spicy breezes.

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