to discolorize
- verb
- /dɪsˈkʌləraɪz/
- US
:
decolorar
- Strong cleaning chemicals can easily discolorize delicate fabrics.
Examples
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Years of washing have discolorized the pattern on this old quilt.
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The sun can discolorize fabrics over time.
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The artist chose to discolorize the photograph, giving it a vintage appearance.
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I need to discolorize this shirt to make it white again.
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The strong bleach will discolorize the carpet if you leave it for too long.
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Overexposure to sunlight can discolorize paint on outdoor furniture.
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To restore its brightness, you may need to discolorize the yellowed pages of the book.
Synonyms
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3.2
To make something lighter in color, often using chemicals or sunlight
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2.3
To make a place or color look brighter
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4.1
To become faded or stained
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2.8
Make or become more white in color
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5.9
To make something very light in color
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4.0
Make a color on clothes become lighter when you clean them
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3.8
Make clothes and similar things much lighter in color, usually by sunlight or chemicals
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7.1
To make the colors in a picture less bright so it looks more gray
To take the color out of something like fabric or a photograph
To make something lose its color or become lighter
To make something lose its color
To remove unwanted color from a lens so images have no colored edges
Antonyms
How Faded
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Discolorize combines dis- ('remove' or 'not'), the familiar word color, and -ize ('to make'). So, to discolorize something is to 'make' it lighter in color or to 'remove' its color, like when cleaning fades a fabric or an old photo is lightened.