Meaning & use
Blae
Last updated
Of a bluish-grey or leaden color, especially describing skin discolored by cold, bruising, or death.
See it in a sentence
Her fingers turned blae in the biting wind before she found her gloves.
The old ballad describes the drowned sailor's blae, lifeless face.
A note on using this word
A Scots dialect word, related to "blue" and "black," still found in Scottish and northern English literature and folk poetry.
Words with a similar meaning
Choose a synonym to suit the sentence. Meanings can overlap without being identical.
Words with an opposite meaning
rosyruddy
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “Blae”, then compare your use with the examples above.
Your draft stays on this page and is not sent anywhere.