discolored

ADJECTIVE

dappled

Synonyms

STRONG

checkered flecked motley parti-colored speckled spotted stippled variegated

WEAK

brindle brindled multicolor multicolored multihued piebald pied varicolored versicolor versicolored

Antonyms

WEAK

uncolored unflecked unspotted

ADJECTIVE

dingy

Synonyms

STRONGEST

dilapidated dirty drab dreary grimy run down seedy shabby

WEAK

bedimmed broken-down colorless dark darkish dim dull dusky faded gloomy muddy murky obscure smirched somber sullied tarnished threadbare tired

Antonyms

STRONGEST

bright clean nice pure sterile

WEAK

immaculate neat spotless

ADJECTIVE

faded

Synonyms

STRONGEST

run down seedy shabby tacky tattered threadbare worn

STRONG

bedraggled dim dull etiolated pale tired wan wasted

WEAK

achromatic ashen dingy indistinct lackluster lusterless murky not shiny pallid shopworn washed out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

fresh good new nice unused

STRONG

active bright clear colorful intelligent light smart

WEAK

brightened colored strengthened

ADJECTIVE

livid

Synonyms

WEAK

ashy blanched bloodless colorless dusky gloomy greyish grisly leaden lurid murky pallid pasty wan waxen

Antonyms

WEAK

blushing brilliant cheerful flushed happy radiant rosy

ADJECTIVE

wan

Synonyms

STRONG

blanched bleached dim faint haggard pale pasty peaked white worn

WEAK

anemic ashen ashy bilious bloodless cadaverous feeble forceless ghastly ineffective ineffectual livid pallid sickly washed-out waxen

Antonyms

STRONG

blushing bright clear colorful distinct flushed fresh healthy strong

ADJECTIVE

washed-out

Synonyms

WEAK

bleached colorless drained drawn dull etiolated fatigued lusterless not shiny pale pallid run down shopworn tattered threadbare tired worn

Example Sentences

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The toll of its re-entry into earth’s atmosphere has etched and discolored some of these.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

The food was often inedible, and the water was discolored.

From Slate • Feb. 3, 2026

A chemist for the Alcoa Aluminum Company doing research on discolored teeth to determine whether it was caused by aluminum discovered that the cause was fluoride, not aluminum.

From Salon • Nov. 5, 2024

Glasnow said his hand is discolored every time he throws off the mound, in a bullpen workout or a game, because he mixes rosin with a baseball that is rubbed in dirt.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2024

I noticed a discolored outline on the building’s facade where the Hilton logo used to be, back when the place had been a hotel.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

discolored

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