BLEACHING Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

bleaching

verb

Definition of bleaching next

present participle of bleach

as in fading

to make white or whiter by removing color bleached the stained shirt back to its original white

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Recent Examples of bleaching Nolasco said a taper is the favorite haircut these days and there’s also players bleaching their hair blond for the playoffs. —

Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2026 Justine Skye took this mousy brown look to the next level by bleaching her brows to match. —

Kara Jillian Brown, InStyle, 22 May 2026 She was also reportedly seen bleaching the inside of her car. —

Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2026 Once in a while, black flats compress the space, framing a single character’s face, bathed in a bleaching white light, as if their vulnerabilities were being scanned by an MRI. —

Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 16 Apr. 2026 The figure skater actually began bleaching her own hair with a paintbrush—and only brought in a professional right before the 2026 Winter Olympics. —

Audrey Noble, Vogue, 19 Feb. 2026 Fierce sunlight bleaching the stones of the old city, blinding the passengers as porters in white kaffiyehs and djellabas stack their portmanteaus on donkey carts. —

Literary Hub, 16 Feb. 2026 His inability to recognize the oxymoron makes Cole’s introspection on this topic feel less like a genuine reckoning and more like a feeble attempt at bleaching out the darkest stains of his career. —

Benny Sun, Pitchfork, 10 Feb. 2026 For White, Bleach-Safe Clothing Gagliardi says to always avoid bleaching clothing made from materials like wool, silk, mohair, leather, and spandex—even if the item is white. —

Caroline Lubinsky, Martha Stewart, 6 Feb. 2026

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At Eau Bar during early sunset, spring for a poolside lounger to catch a soul-stirring ceremony of bodu beru drummers walking the edge of a circular infinity pool, torch-lighting a fire ring backed by a fading horizon.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 June 2026
The components might be familiar—guitars that sound like they’re played through a busted Zenith TV at full volume, heavy acoustic strumming à la ’90s folk-grunge group Days of the New, Slocum’s fading read-out of a voice—but they’re all pulled into slightly unusual shapes.

— Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 1 June 2026