discolored

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adjective

Deprived of color, or given the wrong color; pale, stained.

Similar
bleacheddecolouredwhitenedblemishedmotleymaculatetarnishedmultihued
Opposite
cleanimmaculatepureunblemishedunmarked
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Meanings

adjectivediscolored (comparative more discolored, superlative most discolored)

comparative more discolored · superlative most discolored · alternative discolor’d · alternative discolour’d · alternative discoloured

  1. Deprived of color, or given the wrong color; pale, stained.

    Once again you see an in / Discolored skin gives you away / So afraid, you kindly gurgle out a date for me

    2005, Alice in Chains, “Sludge Factory”, in Alice in Chains (grunge)

    Synonyms: bleached, decoloured, whitened, blemished

  2. obsoleteMulticolored.

    More sundry colours, then the proud Pauone / Beares in his boasted fan, or Iris bright, / When her discolourd bow she spreds through heauens hight.

    1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, book III, canto XI

    Synonyms: motley

verb

alternative discolor’d · alternative discolour’d · alternative discoloured

  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of discolor

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveDeprived of color, or given the wrong color; pale, stained.

Similar
bleacheddecolouredwhitenedblemished

adjectiveMulticolored.

Similar
motley
Similar
maculatetarnishedmultihuedpolychromaticblotchedblotchymottledsmearedsmearysmudgedstainedspottedspotty
Opposite
cleanimmaculatepureunblemishedunmarkedunstaineduntarnishedspotless
Broader
deterioratedmarkedunclean
Narrower
bloodstainedbloodiedbleacheddecolouredmilkstainedmudstainedseastainedsunbleachedsweatstainedtearstainedwaterstained

Translations

Esperanto diskolora
  • diskoloradeprived of color
Latin dēcolor
  • dēcolordeprived of color
Māori kōruhi (of floodwater), koehu
  • kōruhi (of floodwater)deprived of color
  • koehudeprived of color
  • rengadeprived of color
  • parādeprived of color
Portuguese descolorido
  • descoloridodeprived of color
Russian обесцве́ченный, вы́цветший
  • обесцве́ченный (obescvéčennyj)deprived of color
  • вы́цветший (výcvetšij)deprived of color
  • полиня́лый (polinjályj)deprived of color
Cite this entry
APA

discolored. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/discolored

MLA

“discolored.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/discolored. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “discolored,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/discolored.

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