discolouration

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A form of discoloration — The act of discoloring, or the state of being discolored; an alteration of hue or appearance.

UncommonScrabble 17

Meanings

noundiscolouration (countable and uncountable, plural discolourations)

plural discolourations

  1. UKalternativecountableuncountableAlternative spelling of discoloration.

    […] one tablet completely sterilises a quart of water, tastelessly, without discolouration or odour.

    1938, The Homestead, numbers 1170-1196, page 14
    1 more example

    We detect wrinkles, discolourations and pores, and subtract them from a woman’s beauty in ways we don’t if that same face is presented to us as masculine.

    2018 March 6, Lili Loofbourow, “The male glance: how we fail to take women’s stories seriously”, in The Guardian

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna soiled or discolored appearance

Broader
appearancevisual aspect

nounthe act of changing the natural color of something by making it duller or dingier or unnatural or faded

Broader
change of color

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

Source: discolouration on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.