The corners of his lips showed a bluish tinge that really worried the nurse.
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Bluish
//ˈbluːɪʃ//
Synonyms for "bluish" (15 found)
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Closest matches (3)
Strong matches (5)
Related words (7)
Adjective(3 words)
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Translations
58 translations across 36 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- կապտավուն adj (somewhat blue in color)
Asturian
1 entries- azuláu adj (somewhat blue in color)
Breton
2 entries- arc'hlas adj (somewhat blue in color)
- damc'hlas adj (somewhat blue in color)
Bulgarian
1 entries- синкав adj (somewhat blue in color)
Catalan
3 entries- blavenc adj (somewhat blue in color)
- blavís adj (somewhat blue in color)
- blavós adj (somewhat blue in color)
Czech
1 entries- modravý adj (somewhat blue in color)
Dutch
1 entries- blauwig adj (somewhat blue in color)
Erzya
1 entries- сэняжа adj (somewhat blue in color)
Esperanto
1 entries- blueta adj (somewhat blue in color)
Finnish
1 entries- sinertävä adj (somewhat blue in color)
French
3 entries- bleuté adj (somewhat blue in color)
- bleuâtre adj (somewhat blue in color)
- légèrement bleu adj (somewhat blue in color)
Galician
2 entries- azulado adj (somewhat blue in color)
- azulino adj (somewhat blue in color)
Georgian
2 entries- მოლურჯო adj (somewhat blue in color)
- მოცისფრო adj (somewhat blue in color)
German
1 entries- bläulich adj (somewhat blue in color)
Hebrew
1 entries- כְּחַלְחַל adj (somewhat blue in color)
Hungarian
1 entries- kékes adj (somewhat blue in color)
Ido
1 entries- bluatra adj (somewhat blue in color)
Irish
1 entries- scothghorm adj (somewhat blue in color)
Italian
3 entries- azzurrastro adj (somewhat blue in color)
- azzurrognolo adj (somewhat blue in color)
- bluastro adj (somewhat blue in color)
Kalmyk
1 entries- көквр adj (somewhat blue in color)
Latvian
3 entries- iezilgans adj (somewhat blue in color)
- iezils adj (somewhat blue in color)
- zilgans adj (somewhat blue in color)
Marathi
1 entries- निळसर adj (somewhat blue in color)
Nogai
1 entries- коькшил adj (somewhat blue in color)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- blåaktig adj (somewhat blue in color)
- blålig adj (somewhat blue in color)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- blåaktig adj (somewhat blue in color)
- blåleg adj (somewhat blue in color)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- bleiwlich adj (somewhat blue in color)
Portuguese
1 entries- azulado adj (somewhat blue in color)
Romanian
2 entries- albăstriu adj (somewhat blue in color)
- albăstrui adj (somewhat blue in color)
Romansch
4 entries- blauaint adj (somewhat blue in color)
- blauent adj (somewhat blue in color)
- blavaint adj (somewhat blue in color)
- blovaint adj (somewhat blue in color)
Russian
2 entries- голубова́тый adj (somewhat blue in color)
- синева́тый adj (somewhat blue in color)
Shor
1 entries- кӧгӱлдӱрӱм adj (somewhat blue in color)
Slovak
1 entries- modrastý adj (somewhat blue in color)
Spanish
1 entries- azulado adj (somewhat blue in color)
Swedish
1 entries- blåaktig adj (somewhat blue in color)
Turkish
3 entries- gökçül adj (somewhat blue in color)
- mavimsi adj (somewhat blue in color)
- mavimtırak adj (somewhat blue in color)
Volapük
3 entries- blövilik adj (somewhat blue in color)
- luyulibik adj (somewhat blue in color)
- yuliblik adj (somewhat blue in color)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
There, gazing at the ceiling, as my cigar slowly gives off a bluish smoke that dissipates like morning mist, I see your smile once more, the lovely smile of yesteryear.
Source: tatoeba (4871505)
A large curved retort was boiling furiously in the bluish flame of a Bunsen burner, and the distilled drops were condensing into a two-litre measure.
Source: tatoeba (7414067)
Tom's eyes are bluish hazel.
Source: tatoeba (8303960)
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