whitish
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- adjective
- /ˈwɪtɪʃ/
- The hot sun cast our slant shadows on the whitish road; cicadas were hissing tirelessly in the treetops.
- whitish discharge
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Watch on YouTubeIf you're using a lot of like whitish colors as well, it can make your whole eye look like swollen.
- If you're using a lot of like whitish colors as well, it can make your whole eye look like swollen.
- This is a cream product, and then I also have the shade Euphoria, which is kind of like a whitish color with an insane pink shift.
- That little whitish area backed by that enormous handle is for your tissues and your cell phone and maybe the newspaper.
- It's a very beautiful, like champagne ish whitish kind of color.
- It has like the contour shade and then a light creamy pinky whitish kind of color.
Examples
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So Helen's skin remains a whitish gray, with contrasts of dark and light.
Fiction book (1997) -
Pleased with his answer, she looks around at the bright whitish sky, then back at him.
Fiction book (1995) -
And they met this kind of white, whitish color flagstone area.
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Peeled before eaten, the fruit is whitish colored, as seen above.
Academic text (2004) -
They have whitish skin.
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Kirk counted eight humanoids crowded onto the platform, dressed alike in whitish-transparent bags complete with enclosed hands and feet.
Fiction book (2002) -
The clouds had blurred into a whitish gauze, through which the sunlight glittered like patches of frost.
Fiction book (1999) -
The old house had a whitish facade that made it blend in with the cloudy sky.
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She mixed paint until she achieved a whitish hue for the walls of her room.
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The snow had a slightly bluish tint, but overall it appeared whitish against the dark trees.
Synonyms
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1.0
Has very light color and often looks sick or afraid
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1.0
Pale white and slightly cloudy like milk
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3.0
Close to white with a slight hint of another color
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1.0
A pale yellowish-white color like light butter
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2.5
Having a pale yellowish-white color like fresh cream
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2.3
Having a light color that is not bright
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3.4
White with a light blue tint
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2.7
A pale yellow-white color like fresh cream
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3.7
A white color like fresh milk
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2.5
White that looks a little blue
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2.5
A pale white color with a little yellow
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2.8
A white color with a little grey in it
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1.9
Pale yellowish white like fresh cream
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2.6
A pale white color with a little gray
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2.5
A very pale white color with a small green tint
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2.3
White with a slight yellow tint
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2.7
A white color with a light pink tint
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A white color that is not bright or shiny
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3.7
A pale yellowish white color like cream
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3.5
White with a little purple in it
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4.4
White with a slight purple shade
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Pale, cloudy white in color
Having a light grey or whitish colour and often covered in fine pale hairs
Becoming pale and almost white in colour
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Etymology
The word whitish comes from the simple word white plus the ending -ish, which means 'somewhat' or 'like'. So whitish literally means 'somewhat white' and is used to describe something that looks a little white, like a faded photo or a pale sky.