Synonyms for blue

Some common synonyms of blue are: blue [a.] 1. Azure, cerulean, sapphirine, amethystine, sky-colored. 2. Livid, ghastly, pallid. 3. (Colloq.) Melancholy, dejected, dispirited, depressed, sad, glum, gloomy, mopish, downcast, desponding, downhearted, hypochondriac, hipped, chapfallen, low-spirited, cast down, in the dumps, with a long face, in the ~s, down in the mouth. 4. (Colloq.) Dismal, depressing, doleful, gloomy, dispiriting, melancholy, disheartening. 5. Pedantic (said of women), on the ~-stocking order, sapient.