discolored
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- adjective
- /dɪsˈkʌlərd/
- US
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descolorido
- The discolored paint on the ceiling indicated that there had been a leak in the roof.
I did remember having to say years ago, do you have thick, discoloured or flaky nails?
- I did remember having to say years ago, do you have thick, discoloured or flaky nails?
- It reminded me of a discoloured gobstopper from Willy Wonka.
- Sure, the bruise hurts like hell, and you almost certainly don't like the discolored look, but we all know the bruise per SE is not the problem.
- I've had patients who started using helichrysum oil and saw great results with wrinkles but especially with getting rid of age spots, sunspots or discolored skin.
Examples
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Covered with surface grime and a very thick, very old, very discolored natural resin varnish.
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I'm going to highlight the outer corners of my eye because this area is always discoloured for a lot of people.
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Does it look burnt, slightly discoloured just at the bottom that corner there?
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Now, despite all of this, what lies beneath this old discolored varnish is a gorgeous painting.
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This one is dead and beaten, bloated and discolored, patchy with gray, yellow, and pink.
Fiction book (1991) -
It was horribly discolored and distorted.
Fiction book (1998) -
He saw that over a bulb's lifetime, the glass became discoloured, turning yellow and then brown, but only on one side.
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His teeth, which in his understandable outrage were exposed to me, were too discolored and broken for me to say much about their size or shape.
Fiction book (1990) -
The right foot and lower calf had gone yellow-black; the left leg seemed in better shape—more painful, but not nearly so discolored.
Fiction book (2000) -
The old photo turned out to be discolored due to years of exposure to sunlight.
Synonyms
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A dull shade mixed with grey or brown
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Having a yellow color because of age or light
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A color or object that has lost brightness and looks pale
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Very pale because sunlight or chemicals removed its color
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Marked or colored by something that is hard to remove
Clothes or photos with color that is no longer bright and looks washed out
A color made less bright because it has dirt or other colors mixed in
Faded or pale in color, not bright
Showing a pale, dull color from age, dust, or sun
Antonyms
How Faded
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word discolored is made of the beginning part dis- meaning 'not' or 'opposite' and the familiar word color meaning 'the way something looks', so you can think of it as 'not the usual color'. That's why discolored describes something that has 'lost or changed color', often looking stained or faded.