bleached

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/bliːt͡ʃt/

adjective

Whitened; made white using bleach

“bleached cotton”

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blanchedfadedwashed-outwashycolorlesscolourlesscoloredcoloured
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Meanings

adjectivebleached (comparative more bleached, superlative most bleached)

comparative more bleached · superlative most bleached

  1. Whitened; made white using bleach

    bleached cotton

    Synonyms: blanched

  2. Faded or washed out by weather and strong sunlight.
  3. Having the hair or skin lightened by bleaching.

    An obviously bleached blonde, thick pancake makeup flaking powderily off deep furrowed wrinkles on her face, confronted me.

    1960, Harold Livingston, The Climacticon, page 98
verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of bleach

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveWhitened; made white using bleach

Similar
blanched

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivehaving lost freshness or brilliance of color

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fadedwashed-outwashycolorlesscolourless

adjective(used of color) artificially produced; not natural

Similar
coloredcoloureddyedartificialunreal
Also see
artificialcoloredcolouredcolourlessdecoloureddiscoloreddyedfadedunrealwashy

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Māori mārari, hātea
  • mārarifaded due to weather and sunlight
  • hāteafaded due to weather and sunlight

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with bleached

unbleachedbeachedbe-breechedbreechedpleached
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Cite this entry
APA

bleached. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bleached

MLA

“bleached.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bleached. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bleached,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bleached.

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