baby blue

noun

: a pale blue

baby blues plural : blue eyes

She's a zaftig woman, with long red hair and a pale rose complexion setting off those baby blues.—

Michele Kort

baby blues plural in form but singular or plural in construction : a feeling of sadness that is experienced by a woman shortly after giving birth, that is typically accompanied by other symptoms (such as mood swings, crying spells, and insomnia), and that usually lasts less than two weeks : postpartum blues

Baby blues isn't an illness or even a proper psychiatric diagnosis, it is simply a way that people have tried to describe unpleasant feelings that occur shortly after having a baby and tend to resolve in a few days.—

Jackie Ganley

—usually used with the

a case of the baby blues

compare postpartum depression

Examples of baby blue in a Sentence

She gazed into his baby blues. She had a bad case of the baby blues.

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While the musical renders the dress in baby blue, Tazewell roots the look in pink, along with the character’s other key outfits in the film. —

Kristen Tauer, WWD, 21 Nov. 2024 How else are they supposed to disguise their car from the cops other than by haphazardly and conspicuously repainting it baby blue? —

Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2024 Pictured sitting poised in a chair upholstered in a complimentary shade of baby blue, Harris is cross-legged with one hand in her lap and another on the armrest. —

Leah Dolan, CNN, 11 Oct. 2024 The Winter Wonderland Collection, which launches Nov. 1 at Dick’s Sporting Goods, comes five designs: solid white, fuschia and baby blue options, as well as pink with a shimmery silver pattern and seafoam green one with snowflakes. —

Ada Tseng, WWD, 31 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for baby blue