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coloring

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of coloring

1 a substance used to color other materials
  • added more coloring to the buttercream frosting to get the perfect shade of blue
Synonyms of coloring

color, colorant, dye, dyestuff, pigment, stain
Words Related to coloring

tint, toner

cast, hue, shade, tinge
2 the hue or appearance of the skin and especially of the face
  • the pale coloring of people of Irish descent
Synonyms of coloring

color, complexion
Words Related to coloring

shade, tint, tone

features, lineaments, looks

countenance, face, visage
3 the representation of something in terms that go beyond the facts
  • the unexciting facts were given a sensational coloring in the local news
Synonyms of coloring

caricature, elaboration, embellishment, embroidering, embroidery, exaggeration, hyperbole, magnification, overstatement, padding, stretching
Words Related to coloring

amplification, enhancement

fabrication, misrepresentation

fudging, hedging

hype, puffery

superlative
Near Antonyms of coloring

belittlement, disparagement, minimizing, poor-mouthing
Antonyms of coloring

meiosis, understatement

coloring

verb , present participle of color

Synonyms and Antonyms of coloring

1 to give color or a different color to
  • per the couple's request, the baker used natural ingredients like beet juice and tumeric to color the icing for the wedding cake
Synonyms of coloring

bepainting [archaic], dyeing, painting, pigmenting, staining, tincturing, tingeing (or tinging), tinting
Words Related to coloring

brightening, lightening

darkening, embrowning, toning (down)

checkering, dappling, daubing, flecking, marbling, mottling, patterning, polychroming, specking, speckling, streaking, striating, striping, variegating
Near Antonyms of coloring

blanching, bleaching, whitening
Antonyms of coloring

decolorizing
2 to add to the interest of by including made-up details
  • he gave a highly colored version of a rather mundane experience
Synonyms of coloring

elaborating (on), embellishing, embroidering, exaggerating, hyperbolizing, magnifying, padding, stretching
Words Related to coloring

dressing up, gussying up

amplifying, enhancing, enlarging (on or upon), expanding, fleshing (out)

fudging, hedging

overdoing, overdrawing, overemphasizing, overplaying, overstating

emphasizing, playing up, stressing

caricaturing

satirizing
Near Antonyms of coloring

belittling, minimizing, playing down, understating
3 to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of
  • his news reporting is colored by his prejudices
Synonyms of coloring

bending, cooking, distorting, falsifying, fudging, garbling, misinterpreting, misrelating, misrepresenting, misstating, perverting, slanting, twisting, warping
Words Related to coloring

misdescribing, misspeaking, mistranslating

belying, camouflaging, disguising, dissembling, glossing (over), masking, veiling, whitewashing

bowdlerizing, censoring

complicating, confounding, confusing, mistaking, mixing (up)

mystifying, obscuring

equivocating, fibbing, lying, paltering, prevaricating
Near Antonyms of coloring

clarifying, clearing (up), explaining, illuminating, illustrating, interpreting, spelling out

deciphering
4 to develop a rosy facial color (as from excitement or embarrassment)
  • she colored after hearing the nasty remarks about her weight
Synonyms of coloring

blooming, blushing, crimsoning, flushing, glowing, reddening
Words Related to coloring

incarnadining, rouging, ruddling

abashing, chagrining, discomfiting, disconcerting, embarrassing, fazing, humiliating, mortifying
Phrases Synonymous with coloring

turning color

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