Discolor

/dɪsˈkʰʌlə(ɹ)/

Synonyms for "discolor" (140 found)

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Closest matches (28)

achromatize attaint bedaub besmear besmirch besmoke bestain blacken blanch blazeblaze a trailbleach blemish blot blotch blur brand bruise chalkchalk up

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checkcheck offcicatrize cloud

Verb(2 words)

bleach color

Noun(2 words)

bloodstains bruise

Strong matches (42)

Verb(4 words)

colour discolour fade mar

dapple dappled darken dash daub decolor decolorize defile define delimit demarcate dim dirty discoloration dot draindrain of colordull engrave etiolate

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fade fleck freckle fume gash hatch impress imprint linemake a markmarkmark offmark outmotley mottle multicolor

Noun(1 words)

jaundices

Adjective(1 words)

maculate

Related words (70)

multicolored multihued nick notch pale parti-colored pencil pepper peroxide point polychromatic polychrome prick print punch punctuate puncture riddle scar scarify

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scorch score scotch scratch seal seam sear singe slubber slur smear smirch smoke smut soil speck speckle splotch spot stain stamp stigmatize streak striate stripe sully taint tar tarnish tattoo ticktick offtone downtrace underline underscore varicolored variegated versicolor versicoloredwash outwhiten

Noun(5 words)

purpurate russets stains tarnishes tarnishing

Verb(1 words)

stain

Adjective(2 words)

tarnished yellowed

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

5 entries

alter alteration changecolor changemodify

More specific

4 entries

bleaching fading mottling staining

Collocations

6 entries

bleaching effectcolor changediscoloration processfading effectmottling patternstaining tendency

Inflections

3 entries

discolored discoloring discolors

Derivations

2 entries

discoloration discolorer

Antonyms

1 entries

color

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Washing light laundry with dark may cause your clothes to discolor.

Source: wiktionary

A bad enough bruise can discolor the skin.

Source: wiktionary

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