ALL meanings of blue in the face
blue in the face
B b - noun blue in the face the pure color of a clear sky; the primary color between green and violet in the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 450 and 500 nm. 1
- noun blue in the face bluing. 1
- noun blue in the face something having a blue color: Place the blue next to the red. 1
- noun blue in the face a person who wears blue or is a member of a group characterized by some blue symbol: Tomorrow the blues will play the browns. 1
- noun blue in the face (often initial capital letter) a member of the Union army in the American Civil War or the army itself. Compare gray1 (def 13). 1
- noun blue in the face bluestocking. 1
- noun blue in the face blue ribbon (def 1). 1
- noun blue in the face any of several blue-winged butterflies of the family Lycaenidae. 1
- noun blue in the face Printing. blueline. 1
- noun blue in the face the blue. the sky. the sea. the remote distance: They've vanished into the blue somewhere. 1
- adjective blue in the face of the color of blue: a blue tie. 1
- adjective blue in the face (initial capital letter) of or relating to the Union army in the American Civil War. 1
- adjective blue in the face (of the skin) discolored by cold, contusion, fear, or vascular collapse. 1
- adjective blue in the face depressed in spirits; dejected; melancholy: She felt blue about not being chosen for the team. 1
- adjective blue in the face holding or offering little hope; dismal; bleak: a blue outlook. 1
- adjective blue in the face characterized by or stemming from rigid morals or religion: statutes that were blue and unrealistic. 1
- adjective blue in the face marked by blasphemy: The air was blue with oaths. 1
- adjective blue in the face (of an animal's pelage) grayish-blue. 1
- adjective blue in the face indecent; somewhat obscene; risqué: a blue joke or film. 1
- verb with object blue in the face to make blue; dye a blue color. 1
- verb with object blue in the face to tinge with bluing: Don't blue your clothes till the second rinse. 1
- verb without object blue in the face to become or turn blue. 1
- idioms blue in the face blue in the face, exhausted and speechless, as from excessive anger, physical strain, etc.: I reminded him about it till I was blue in the face. 1
- idioms blue in the face out of the blue, suddenly and unexpectedly: The inheritance came out of the blue as a stroke of good fortune. 1
- adjective blue in the face exasperated 1