bluish

English

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.
(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

Italian: (somewhat dark blue) bluastro; (somewhat sky blue) azzurrastro, azzurrognolo
Kalmyk: көквр (kökvr)
Latvian: iezils, zilgans, iezilgans
Nogai: коькшил (kökşil)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: blålig, blåaktig

Nynorsk: blåleg, blåaktig
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)
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

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