sky blue
sky blue adjective: of a vibrant light blue colour, like that of the sky on a fine day.
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Adjective
sky blue (comparative more sky blue, superlative most sky blue)
- Of a vibrant light blue colour, like that of the sky on a fine day.
- Near-synonyms: baby blue, powder blue, eggshell blue, robin's-egg blue
- “Hi! Kostandi!” called out an old sailor in a sky-blue cloak. “How are things with you?”1952, Nikos Kazantzakis, chapter 1, in Carl Wildman, transl., Zorba the Greek, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, translation of Βίος και πολιτεία του Αλέξη Ζορμπά [Víos kai politeía tou Aléxi...
- Synonyms:
- baby blue, powder blue, eggshell blue, robin's-egg blue
Noun (1)
sky blue (countable and uncountable, plural sky blues)
- A vibrant light blue colour, like that of the sky on a fine day.
- Near-synonyms: baby blue, powder blue, eggshell blue, robin's-egg blue
- Synonyms:
- baby blue, powder blue, eggshell blue, robin's-egg blue
- Milk excessively diluted with water, or from which the cream was too closely skimmed.
- Hence, Suffolk dairy wives run mad for cream,
And leave their milk with nothing but the name;
Its name derision and reproach pursue,
And strangers tell of three-times-skimm'd sky-blue.1800, Robert Bloomfield, The Farmer's Boy - To be sure, your Aunt Betsey lives in a brick house, and has a sight of furniture, […] yet she has all her bread to buy by the loaf, and the milk is sky-blue; as to cream, I don't believe they ever heard on't.1836, Catharine Maria Sedgwick, The Poor Rich Man, and the Rich Poor Man
- Hence, Suffolk dairy wives run mad for cream,
Noun (2) capitalized: Sky Blue
Sky Blue (plural Sky Blues)
sky blue meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
sky blue in Hindi
- light blue — see also dark blue, blue
- आसमानी āsmānī
sky blue in Tamil
- மேகவர்ணம்
sky blue in Marathi
- sky blue
- आकाशी ākāśī
sky blue in Urdu
- light blue — see also dark blue, blue
- آسمانی āsmānī
More languagesFewer languages
- sky blue in Malayalam
- ആകാശനീല ākāśanīla
- sky blue in Punjabi
- ਅਸਮਾਨੀ asamānī
- sky blue in Gujarati
- વાદળી vādaḷī
- sky blue in Pashto
- شين šín, اسماني asmâní
- sky blue in Tagalog
- kulay-langit, bughaw-langit
- sky blue in Arabic
- سَمَاوِيّ samāwiyy, أَسْمَانْجُونِيّ ʔasmānjūniyy
- sky blue in Malay
- biru langit
- sky blue in Indonesian
- biru langit
- sky blue in Persian
- آبی آسمانی âbi-ye âsmâni, آسمانگون âsmângun, آسمانرنگ âsmânrang
- sky blue in Thai
- ฟ้า fáa, สีฟ้า sǐi-fáa
Synonyms of sky blue
Forms of sky blue
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more sky blue |
| superlative | most sky blue |
| alternative form | sky-blue |
| Noun | |
| plural | sky blues |
| plural | Sky Blues |
Questions about sky blue
- What does sky blue mean?
- Sky blue means of a vibrant light blue colour, like that of the sky on a fine day.
- What is sky blue in Hindi?
- Sky blue in Hindi is आसमानी (āsmānī). See Sky blue meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is sky blue?
- Sky blue can be an adjective or a noun.
Words near sky blue in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: sky blue (page history and authors); Sky Blue (page history and authors); sky blue (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); आकाशी (Marathi) (page history and authors); ആകാശനീല (Malayalam) (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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