Word Meanings - DISCOLOR - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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. 2. To alter the true complexion or appearance of; to put a false hue upon. To

Additional info about word: DISCOLOR

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. 2. To alter the true complexion or appearance of; to put a false hue upon. To discolor all your ideas. Wat

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of DISCOLOR)

• Bedaub
• Bespatter
• befoul
• discolor
• mar
• disfigure
• deface
• besmear
• spoil
• soil
• stain
• Blot Obscure
• tarnish
• sully
• spot
• pollute
• obliterate
• erase
• blur
• blotch
• smear
• smutch
• Stain Dye
• color
• tinge
• slur
• shame
• paint
• blot
• taint
• disgrace
• dishonor
• blemish
• stigmatize

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of DISCOLOR)

• Daub
• caricature
• misportray
• misrepresent
• misdelineate
• misdepict
• Purify
• wash
• cleanse
• absolve
• ornament
• decorate
• emblazon
• signalize
• honor

Related words: (words related to DISCOLOR)

• COLORMAN
  A vender of paints, etc. Simmonds.
• BLOTCH
  A large pustule, or a coarse eruption. Foul scurf and blotches him defile. Thomson. (more info) black, as bleach is akin to bleak. See Black, a., or cf. Blot a 1. A blot or spot, as of color or of ink; especially a large or irregular spot. Also
• BESMEAR
  To smear with any viscous, glutinous matter; to bedaub; to soil. Besmeared with precious balm. Spenser.
• SHAMEFAST
  Modest; shamefaced. -- Shame"fast*ly, adv. -- Shame"fast*ness, n. See Shamefaced. Shamefast she was in maiden shamefastness. Chaucer. is a blushing shamefast spirit. Shak. Modest apparel with shamefastness. 1 Tim. ii. 9 .
• DECORATE
  To deck with that which is becoming, ornamental, or honorary; to adorn; to beautify; to embellish; as, to decorate the person; to decorate an edifice; to decorate a lawn with flowers; to decorate the mind with moral beauties; to decorate a hero
• HONORABLE
  1. Worthy of honor; fit to be esteemed or regarded; estimable; illustrious. Thy name and honorable family. Shak. 2. High-minded; actuated by principles of honor, or a scrupulous regard to probity, rectitude, or reputation. 3. Proceeding from an
• OBSCURENESS
  Obscurity. Bp. Hall.
• PURIFY
  1. To make pure or clear from material defilement, admixture, or imperfection; to free from extraneous or noxious matter; as, to purify liquors or metals; to purify the blood; to purify the air. 2. Hence, in figurative uses: To free from guilt
• SIGNALIZE
  1. To make signal or eminent; to render distinguished from what is common; to distinguish. It is this passion which drives men to all the ways we see in use of signalizing themselves. Burke. 2. To communicate with by means of a signal; as, a ship
• SMEAR DAB
  The sand fluke .
• OBSCURER
  One who, or that which, obscures.
• SMEARED
  Having the color mark ings ill defined, as if rubbed; as, the smeared dagger moth .
• HONORABLENESS
  1. The state of being honorable; eminence; distinction. 2. Conformity to the principles of honor, probity, or moral rectitude; fairness; uprightness; reputableness.
• ORNAMENTAL
  Serving to ornament; characterized by ornament; beautifying; embellishing. Some think it most ornamental to wear their bracelets on their wrists; others, about their ankles. Sir T. Browne.
• BESMEARER
  One that besmears.
• POLLUTE
  To render ceremonially unclean; to disqualify or unfit for sacred use or service, or for social intercourse. Neither shall ye pollute the holy things of the children of Israel, lest ye die. Num. xviii. 32. They have polluted themselves with blood.
• COLORATE
  Colored. Ray.
• COLORIMETRY
  The quantitative determination of the depth of color of a substance. 2. A method of quantitative chemical analysis based upon the comparison of the depth of color of a solution with that of a standard liquid.
• TAINTWORM
  A destructive parasitic worm or insect larva.
• EMBLAZONING
  The act or art of heraldic decoration; delineation of armorial bearings.
• CONTINGENT
  Dependent for effect on something that may or may not occur; as, a contingent estate. If a contingent legacy be left to any one when he attains, or if he attains, the age of twenty-one. Blackstone. (more info) touch on all sides, to happen; con-
• SUSTAIN
  F. soutenir (the French prefix is properly fr. L. subtus below, fr. sub under), L. sustinere; pref. sus- + tenere to hold. See 1. To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support; as, a foundation sustains the superstructure; a beast sustains
• CONCOLOR
  Of the same color; of uniform color. "Concolor animals." Sir T. Browne.
• REPAINT
  To paint anew or again; as, to repaint a house; to repaint the ground of a picture.
• SUSTAINABLE
  Capable of being sustained or maintained; as, the action is not sustainable.
• SUBOBSCURELY
  Somewhat obscurely or darkly. Donne.
• ISABELLA; ISABELLA COLOR
  A brownish yellow color. (more info) Spanish princess Isabella, daughter of king Philip II., in allusion to the color assumed by her shift, which she wore without change from