Synonyms for discolor
dɪsˈkʌl ərdis·col·or

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1. discolor

   To color is to impart a color desired or undesired, temporary or permanent, or, in the intransitive use, to assume a color in any way; as, he colored with shame and vexation. To dye is to impart a color intentionally and with a view to permanence, and especially so as to pervade the substance or fiber of that to which it is applied. To stain is primarily to discolor, to impart a color undesired and perhaps unintended, and which may or may not be permanent. Thus, a character "dyed in the wool" is one that has received some early, permanent, and pervading influence; a character stained with crime or guilt is debased and perverted. Stain is, however, used of giving an intended and perhaps pleasing color to wood, glass, etc., by an application of coloring-matter which enters the substance a little below the surface, in distinction from painting, in which coloring-matter is spread upon the surface; dyeing is generally said of wool, yarn, cloth, or similar materials which are dipped into the coloring liquid. Figuratively, a standard or a garment may be dyed with blood in honorable warfare; an assassin's weapon is stained with the blood of his victim. To tinge is to color slightly, and may also be used of giving a slight flavor, or a slight admixture of one ingredient or quality with another that is more pronounced.

   Synonyms:
   blot, color, disgrace, dishonor, dye, soil, spot, stain, sully, tarnish, tinge, tint

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1. discolor

   Synonyms:
   daub, stain, taint, dis, figure

   Antonyms:
   paint, color, embellish, tin's decorate, illuminate

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1. discolorverb

   lose color or turn colorless

   "The painting discolored"

   Synonyms:
   colour, color, discolour

   Antonyms:
   colorise, color in, colourize, colour in, colour, color, colourise, colorize

2. discolorverb

   cause to lose or change color

   "The detergent discolored my shirts"

   Synonyms:
   colour, color, discolour

   Antonyms:
   colorize, colorise, colour, colourize, colour in, colourise, color in, color

3. discolor, discolour, colour, colorverb

   change color, often in an undesired manner

   "The shirts discolored"

   Synonyms:
   gloss, colorize, color in, colorise, colour, tinge, emblazon, color, colourize, colourise, discolour, colour in, distort

   Antonyms:
   colourise, color in, colorize, colour, colorise, color, colour in, colourize

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1. discolorverb

   Synonyms:
   stain, tarnish, change the color of

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