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[ hwahy-tish, wahy- ] / ˈʰwaɪ tɪʃ, ˈwaɪ- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR whitish ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivesomewhat white; tending to white. Origin of whitishMiddle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at white, -ish1 OTHER WORDS FROM whitishwhit·ish·ness, nounWords nearby whitishwhither, whithersoever, Whither thou goest, I will go, whitherward, whiting, whitish, Whitlam, whitleather, Whitley Bay, Whitley Council, whitlow Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for whitishIts large leaves are oval, of a velvety under-surface, and besprinkled on the upper with whitish spots. The Desert World|Arthur Mangin The outer third of these wings is more or less greenish or mottled with green, and a mark near the tip is whitish. The Moths of the British Isles, First Series|Richard South Near the middle of the wing, but nearer the costa than the inner margin, are two whitish spots that resemble the figure 8. Butterflies and Moths|William S. Furneaux It is larger than a common sheep, and covered with brownish hair instead of wooldarker than the deer, but whitish on the belly. Early Western Travels 1748-1846, Volume XX|Various
Words related to whitishpearly, opaque, frosted, lackluster, feeble, sickly, uninspired, anemic, ghastly, chalky, neutral, pasty, gray, poor, dim, blanched, faint, haggard, thin, sick |