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dyed

dyed

18 2.1
Cloth or hair that someone colored on purpose
  • adjective
  • /daɪd/
translation icon : teñido
  • Her hair is dyed black, but I can still make out the blonde at the roots.
  • dyed wool
  • dyed cloth
  • tie-dyed

Sprightly as ever, Pixie hairdo dyed a dark reddish hue.

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Examples

  • They have been dyed rich plum and black tones.

  • Her black hair is cropped short and dyed red, just like the cover of Bowie's Aladdin Sane.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • Girl with the dyed black hair and the nose ring?

  • And my mother had made me this frog suit she dyed in green and all this.

  • One woman with her hair dyed black has more medals than just about anyone on the stage.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • Well, Mr. Minnelli had it sent to New York and dyed to match my eyes.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • If you have dyed hair, if you've had some highlights, it's a great repair.

  • Heavy makeup, dyed hair... brand-new clothes that should have been worn by a younger woman.

  • A youngish man with dyed auburn hair walks up to us and unlocks the rusted gates.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • The actress walked into the room with her dyed blonde hair shining in the light.

Synonyms

colored
vsdyed
  • US
88 1.0

Having a color, natural or added

refers only to color added artificially not natural tones

Antonyms

1.0

Not made or changed by people, coming from nature like sunlight

Compounds

double-dyed
  • Offensive
1 9.6

Being very bad and dishonest in a strong way

double-dyed
  • Specialized
7.9

Fabric that is colored twice to make the color deeper

A person who always expects things to turn out well and stays positive

Thread made from wool that has been colored for knitting or weaving

How Coloured

stained
1 2.6
dyed
18 2.1
colored
  • US
88 1.0
tinted
16 3.2

Surface Forms

dyed positive

Morphology

dyed = dye (transparent) = dye + ed

The adjective 'dyed' is clearly derived from the verb 'dye' with the addition of the past participle suffix '-ed'.

Etymology

Dyed comes from the simple word dye, which means 'to give color' and was used for cloth or hair with colors from plants or minerals. So when something is dyed it has been colored on purpose, not its natural color.