baby blue

noun

1

: a pale blue

2

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

3

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.

Recent Examples on the Web

Tiffany embraced the occasion with a flowing baby blue gown adorned with floral embroidery across the bust. —Wwd Staff, Footwear News, 8 Apr. 2025

The Cubs also were the first modern team to wear baby blue uniforms in 1941 and 1942. —Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2025

Browned Butter Take a cue from the Tod’s runway and pair butter yellow with baby blue. —Christina Holevas, Vogue, 20 Mar. 2025

The décor in all is refined with touches of wit and bespoke furnishings ranging from the classic baby blue couches and piano in the library to the painting of a monkey serenading a love interest in the Clubhouse entrance and handmade Indonesian rattan fourposter bed in the Pink Sands House. —Laurie Werner, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1859, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for baby blue

• accrue
• ado
• ainu
• aircrew
• airscrew
• anew
• askew
• baboo
• babu
• bamboo
• beaucoup
• bijou