From Middle English blewissh , blewisch (also Middle English bloysh ), equivalent to blue + -ish .
bluish (comparative more bluish , superlative most bluish )
Having a tint or hue similar to the colour blue .
1978 , “Heart of Glass”, in Parallel Lines , performed by Blondie:Riding high on love's true bluish light
( figuratively ) Somewhat depressed ; sad .
2009 , John Wooden, Jay Carty, Coach Wooden One-On-One :To this day, I usually read my Bible a couple of times a day, and I still enjoy attempting to express my feelings through poetry, especially when I'm feeling bluish .
somewhat blue in color
Armenian: կապտավուն (hy) ( kaptavun )
Asturian: azuláu (ast)
Breton: arc'hlas (br) , damc'hlas (br)
Bulgarian: синкав ( sinkav )
Catalan: blavós (ca) , blavenc (ca) , blavís
Czech: modravý
Dutch: blauwig (nl)
Erzya: сэняжа ( seńaža )
Esperanto: blueta
Finnish: sinertävä (fi)
French: bleuâtre (fr) , bleuté (fr) , légèrement bleu
Galician: azulado , azulino
Georgian: მოლურჯო ( molurǯo ) , მოცისფრო ( mocispro )
German: bläulich (de)
Hebrew: כְּחַלְחַל (he) m ( k'khalkhal )
Hungarian: kékes (hu)
Ido: bluatra (io)
Irish: scothghorm
Italian: ( somewhat dark blue ) bluastro ; ( somewhat sky blue ) azzurrastro , azzurrognolo
Kalmyk: көквр ( kökvr )
Latvian: iezils , zilgans , iezilgans
Marathi: निळसर (mr) ( niḷsar )
Nogai: коькшил ( kökşil )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: blålig , blåaktig
Nynorsk: blåleg , blåaktig
Plautdietsch: bleiwlich
Portuguese: azulado (pt)
Romanian: albăstriu (ro) , albăstrui (ro)
Romansch: ( Rumantsch Grischun ) blauent , ( Sutsilvan, Puter ) blovaint , ( Surmiran ) blavaint , ( Vallader ) blauaint
Russian: ( somewhat dark blue ) синева́тый (ru) ( sinevátyj ) ; ( somewhat sky blue ) голубова́тый (ru) ( golubovátyj )
Shor: кӧгӱлдӱрӱм
Slovak: modrastý
Spanish: azulado (es)
Swedish: blåaktig (sv)
Turkish: gökçül (tr) , mavimsi (tr) , mavimtırak (tr)
Volapük: blövilik (vo) , ( older term ) yuliblik , ( older term ) luyulibik
colloquial: somewhat depressed