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bleached

bleached

1 2.5
Very pale because sunlight or chemicals removed its color
  • adjective
  • /bliːtʃt/
translation icon : decolorado
  • The sun bleached the curtains, making them look faded and colorless.
  • bleached hair
  • bleached flour

Here is my hair, all blonde and bleached and perfect bang.

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Examples

  • The bleached rocks on the beach appeared almost white against the blue ocean.

  • When I am through, that skin will be soft and bleached and as clean as any of your cloth.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • Here is my hair, all blonde and bleached and perfect bang.

  • So she chopped off significant length because we're trying to grow and get it back to health from the bleached death of last year.

  • The final products are made because they look pure, for example bleached white flour or powdered sugar.

  • Denim uses a lot of water to be produced, so the less bleached you buy your garments or your denim, the better for the environment.

  • My bleached blond hair, longer than it had ever been, curled wildly around my dark face, which looked different too... thinner, not so babyish.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • After months of exposure, the wooden fence became bleached by the sunlight.

Synonyms

white
vsbleached
412 1.0

Hair or skin that is very pale, often from age

is paler after sunlight or chemical exposure rather than emotional causes
washed-out
vsbleached
4 4.4

A color or object that has lost brightness and looks pale

is paler because pigments are removed by sunlight or chemical action
whitened
vsbleached
2.2

Hair or beard that is white because of age

is lighter or colorless due to sunlight or chemical action
pale-colored
vsbleached
2.3

Having a light color that is not bright

is lighter because pigment has been removed by sunlight or chemicals
faded
vsbleached
2.1

Clothes or photos with color that is no longer bright and looks washed out

is paler from direct light or chemicals rather than gradual wear
blanched
vsbleached
6.8

Pale in the face because of fear, shock, or illness

is paler due to sunlight or chemicals, not temporary emotion or illness

Antonyms

colored
  • US
88 1.0

Having a color, natural or added

How Pale

colorless
  • US
12 2.9
white
1.0
bleached
1 2.5
pale
291 1.0
faded
2.1

Surface Forms

bleached positive

Morphology

bleached = bleach (transparent) = bleach + ed

The adjective is directly formed from the verb 'bleach' with the regular past-participle/adjectival '-ed', so the meaning is predictable for learners.

Etymology

Bleached comes from the old verb bleach, which meant 'to make white' and was used for cloth left in the sun to lose its color. So something bleached is 'pale' or 'colorless' because the sun or chemicals have taken the color away.