blueness
/ˈbluːnəs/
blueness noun: the quality or characteristic of being blue in color.
Noun
blueness (usually uncountable, plural bluenesses)
- The quality or characteristic of being blue in color.
- In an atlas, too, the land is man's, and all coloured to show his claim to it — in vivid contrast to the universal independent blueness of the sea.1905, H. G. Wells, Empire of the Ants
- Melancholy.
- Synonyms:
- blues, tristesse, mirthless, crestfallenness, dejection, depression, despondency, distress, dolefulness, downheartedness
blueness meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Sanskrit
blueness in Hindi
- blueness
- नीलिमा nīlimā
blueness in Tamil
- நீலநிறமுடைமை, நீன்மை
blueness in Kannada
- ನೈಲ್ಯ
blueness in Sanskrit
- blueness, darkness, blackness
- नीलिमन् nīliman
More languagesFewer languages
- blueness in Arabic
- زُرْقَة zurqa
Synonyms of blueness
- blues
- tristesse
- mirthless
- crestfallenness
- dejection
- depression
- despondency
- distress
- dolefulness
- downheartedness
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Forms of blueness
| plural | bluenesses |
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Origin of blueness
From blue + -ness.
Questions about blueness
- What does blueness mean?
- Blueness means the quality or characteristic of being blue in color.
- What is blueness in Hindi?
- Blueness in Hindi is नीलिमा (nīlimā). See Blueness meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is blueness?
- Blueness is a noun.
- How do you pronounce blueness?
- Blueness is pronounced /ˈbluːnəs/.
- What is the plural of blueness?
- The plural of blueness is bluenesses.
Words near blueness in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: blueness (page history and authors); नीलिमा (Hindi) (page history and authors); blueness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); blueness (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); नीलिमन् (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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