Blue Clear Eyes Bluː Adjective Piercing Sun Shone

• piercing blue eyes
• the sun shone brilliantly in the clear blue sky.
• his eyes were dark blue.
• she wanted to dye her hair blue.

blue

1. having the colour of a clear sky or the sea on a clear day
• PAST TENSE OF blow
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• piercing blue eyes
• The sun shone brilliantly in the clear blue sky.
• His eyes were dark blue.
• She wanted to dye her hair blue.
• a blue shirt
• a navy blue jumper
• her vivid blue eyes
2. looking slightly blue in colour because the person is cold or cannot breathe easily
• His lips were turning blue.
• Her hands were blue with cold.
3. sad
• SYNONYM depressed
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/depressed
• He'd been feeling blue all week.
4. films, jokes or stories that are blue are about sex
• a blue movie
5. (of an area in the US) having more people who vote for the Democratic candidate than the Republican one
• OPPOSITE red
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/red_1
• blue states/counties
6. in a difficult situation where there are two equally unpleasant or unacceptable choices
7. (to hit somebody until they are) covered with bruises (= blue, brown or purple marks on the body)
8. a complete difference or division between two people or groups
• Voters want to see clear blue water between the main parties.
• They failed to put clear blue water between themselves and their competitors.
9. to try to do something as hard and as long as you possibly can but without success
• You can argue till you're blue in the face, but you won't change my mind.
10. very rarely
11. to scream loudly and for a long time, especially in order to protest about something

Word Origin

• Middle English: from Old French bleu, ultimately of Germanic origin and related to Old English blǣwen ‘blue’ and Old Norse blár ‘dark blue’.