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Synonyms for discolored

  • adjective
  • American English

All synonyms

Adjective

1. Blemished — deprived of color, or given the wrong color; pale, stained

blemished, bleached, decoloured UK

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Deprived of color, or given the wrong color; pale, stained.

Related words

Is a kind of
deteriorated marked unclean
Other spellings
discoloured UK

Example sentences

  • bleached I like the way Tom looks with his hair bleached.
  • blemished Her beauty was blemished by the scar.
  • stained You can get injured from a shard of stained glass.
  • motley A motley crew of educators and students gathered at the seminar.
  • tarnished Mary's reputation was tarnished by malicious gossip.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
discoloredsteady
bleachedfalling
blemishedfalling
stainedsteady
motleyrising
tarnishedrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters
livid2
6 letters
motley2
7 letters
spotted2, stained1
8 letters
bleached1, maculate
9 letters
tarnished2, blemished2, multihued
10 letters
decoloured
13 letters
polychromatic

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (livid2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
décoloré