Discolored

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Discolor \Dis*col"or\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Discolored}; p. pr.
     & vb. n. {Discoloring}.] [OE. descolouren, OF. descolorer, F.
     d['e]colorer, fr. L. dis- + cololare, coloratum, to color,
     color color. See {Color}.] [Written also {discolour}.]
     1. To alter the natural hue or color of; to change to a
        different color; to stain; to tinge; as, a drop of wine


        will discolor water; silver is discolored by sea water.
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     2. To alter the true complexion or appearance of; to put a
        false hue upon.
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              To discolor all your ideas.           --Watts.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  discolored \dis*col"ored\, a.
     1. Altered in color; stained; spotted or streaked with
        foreign matter.
  
     Syn: discoloured. [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Variegated; of divers colors. [R.]
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              That ever wore discolored arms.       --Chapman.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  discolored
       adj : having the color spoiled with spots or streaks [syn: {discoloured}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  71 Moby Thesaurus words for "discolored":
     achromatic, achromic, anemic, ashen, ashy, besmirched, blackened,
     bled white, bloodless, cadaverous, chloranemic, colorless,
     darkened, dead, deadly pale, deathly pale, dim, dimmed, dingy,
     dull, etiolated, exsanguinated, exsanguine, exsanguineous, faded,
     faint, fallow, flat, foxed, foxy, ghastly, gray, haggard, hueless,
     hypochromic, inky, lackluster, leaden, livid, lurid, lusterless,
     mat, mealy, muddy, murky, neutral, pale, pale as death, pale-faced,
     pallid, pasty, sallow, sickly, smirched, smoky, soiled, stained,
     stigmatic, stigmatiferous, stigmatized, tainted, tallow-faced,
     tarnished, toneless, uncolored, wan, washed-out, waxen, weak,
     whey-faced, white