discolor

dis·col·or

D0257000 (dĭs-kŭl′ər)v. dis·col·ored, dis·col·or·ing, dis·col·ors v.tr. To alter or spoil the color of; stain.v.intr. To become altered or spoiled in color.

[Middle English discolouren, from Old French discolerer : des-, dis- + colourer, to color (from Latin colōrāre, from color, color; see color).]

dis•col•or

(dɪsˈkʌl ər)

v.t. 1. to change or spoil the color of; fade or stain. v.i. 2. to change color; become faded or stained. [1350–1400; Middle English < Old French descolorer < Late Latin discolorārī to change color, derivative of Latin discolor of another color. See dis-¹, color]

discolor

Past participle: discolored
Gerund: discoloring

Imperative
discolor
discolor

Present
I discolor
you discolor
he/she/it discolors
we discolor
you discolor
they discolor

Preterite
I discolored
you discolored
he/she/it discolored
we discolored
you discolored
they discolored

Present Continuous
I am discoloring
you are discoloring
he/she/it is discoloring
we are discoloring
you are discoloring
they are discoloring

Present Perfect
I have discolored
you have discolored
he/she/it has discolored
we have discolored
you have discolored
they have discolored

Past Continuous
I was discoloring
you were discoloring
he/she/it was discoloring
we were discoloring
you were discoloring
they were discoloring

Past Perfect
I had discolored
you had discolored
he/she/it had discolored
we had discolored
you had discolored
they had discolored

Future
I will discolor
you will discolor
he/she/it will discolor
we will discolor
you will discolor
they will discolor

Future Perfect
I will have discolored
you will have discolored
he/she/it will have discolored
we will have discolored
you will have discolored
they will have discolored

Future Continuous
I will be discoloring
you will be discoloring
he/she/it will be discoloring
we will be discoloring
you will be discoloring
they will be discoloring

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been discoloring
you have been discoloring
he/she/it has been discoloring
we have been discoloring
you have been discoloring
they have been discoloring

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been discoloring
you will have been discoloring
he/she/it will have been discoloring
we will have been discoloring
you will have been discoloring
they will have been discoloring

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been discoloring
you had been discoloring
he/she/it had been discoloring
we had been discoloring
you had been discoloring
they had been discoloring

Conditional
I would discolor
you would discolor
he/she/it would discolor
we would discolor
you would discolor
they would discolor

Past Conditional
I would have discolored
you would have discolored
he/she/it would have discolored
we would have discolored
you would have discolored
they would have discolored

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	discolor - lose color or turn colorless; "The painting discolored"change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"wash out - lose color in the process of being washed; "The expensive shirt washed out in the German washing machine"color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour in, colourise, colourize, colour - add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film"
	2.	discolor - cause to lose or change color; "The detergent discolored my shirts"alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolorise, decolorize, decolour, decolourise, decolourize, discolorise, discolorize, discolourise - remove color from; "The sun bleached the red shirt"sallow - cause to become sallow; "The illness has sallowed her face"wash out - drain off the color in the course of laundering; "The harsh soap washed out the delicate blouse"infuscate - darken with a brownish tinge, as of insect wings
	3.	discolor - change color, often in an undesired manner; "The shirts discolored"discolour, color, colourblush, crimson, flush, redden - turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame; "The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by"blanch, blench, pale - turn pale, as if in fearbronze, tan - get a tan, from wind or sunsunburn, burn - get a sunburn by overexposure to the sunchange - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"white, whiten - turn white; "This detergent will whiten your laundry"black, blacken, nigrify, melanise, melanize - make or become black; "The smoke blackened the ceiling"; "The ceiling blackened"turn - change color; "In Vermont, the leaves turn early"silver - turn silver; "The man's hair silvered very attractively"dye - color with dye; "Please dye these shoes"redden - turn red or redder; "The sky reddened"purple - become purplegray, grey - turn grey; "Her hair began to grey"yellow - turn yellow; "The pages of the book began to yellow"tone - change the color or tone of; "tone a negative"green - turn or become green; "The trees are greening"blue - turn blue

discolor

verbTo soil with foreign matter:bestain, smut, stain.

Translations

discolour

(disˈkalə) (American) discolor verb to (cause to) change colour or become stained. The paintwork had discoloured with the damp.使变色disˌcolouˈration noun变色

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Synonyms for discolor

verb to soil with foreign matter

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Synonyms for discolor

verb lose color or turn colorless

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verb cause to lose or change color

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verb change color, often in an undesired manner

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