blueness

[US]/'blu:nis/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. the quality of being blue; sadness
adj. having a blue color; feeling downcast

Example Sentences

wind is mansuetude, day is blueness, rain is romantic……

For the bumboat woman life is suspended in the course of her business leaving only ‘a certain blueness of the lips’ to betray her true condition.

The blueness of the sky on a clear day is breathtaking.

She painted the room a calming shade of blueness.

His eyes sparkled with blueness in the sunlight.

The blueness of the ocean stretched out as far as the eye could see.

The blueness of her dress complemented her eyes perfectly.

The blueness of the water indicated its purity.

The blueness of the painting evoked a sense of calmness.

The blueness of the flowers stood out among the greenery.

The blueness of twilight settled over the city as night fell.

The blueness of the flag symbolized peace and harmony.

Real-world Examples

The deepening of autumn had brought an increased blueness and depth to the sky.

Source: Norwegian Wood

Small pearly clouds drifted in the intense blueness overhead.

Source: The little cabin on the grassland.

A large blueness that smelled of tar took shape beside me.

Source: Goodbye, My Love (Part 2)

The lustre of the fixed stars was diminished to a sort of blueness.

Source: Lovers in the Tower (Part Two)

Ah! how they still strove through that infinite blueness to seek out the thing that might destroy them!

Source:

He only knew that the valley seemed to grow quieter and quieter as he sat and stared at the bright delicate blueness.

Source: The Secret Garden (Original Version)

The arch of it looked very high and the small snowy clouds seemed like white birds floating on outspread wings below its crystal blueness.

Source: The Secret Garden (Original Version)

The white daylight on his right side gleamed faintly in, and was toned to a blueness by contrast with the yellow rays from the candle against the wall.

Source: A pair of blue eyes (Part 2)

I blessed the neglect in which I lived, and rejoiced that I could stay alone in the garden and play with the pebbles and watch the insects and gaze into the blueness of the sky.

Source: Lily of the Valley (Part 1)

The ocean blueness deepened its colour as it stretched to the foot of the crags, where it terminated in a fringe of white—silent at this distance, though moving and heaving like a counterpane upon a restless sleeper.

Source: A pair of blue eyes (Part 2)

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