DISCOLORED Synonyms: 100 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in stained

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verb

past tense of discolor

as in soiled

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Adjective

Furniture stains and splotches are the last thing anyone wants to think about when curating the perfect domestic space, but there’s nothing remotely enjoyable about discolored blobs on furniture. — Bridget Reed Morawski, Architectural Digest, 17 July 2026 Remove discolored leaves to fend off fungal disease. — Abby Monteil, The Spruce, 27 June 2026 Then, earlier this year, photographs taken during a Medal of Honor ceremony in March showed discolored skin behind his right ear. — Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 12 June 2026 The congresswoman held up jars of discolored water and said some families had resorted to shipping water to their homes for cooking and bathing. — Nicole Comstock, CBS News, 4 June 2026 Symptoms such as stunting, discolored foliage, leaf vein discoloration, and irregular growth commonly occur along with leaf curling. — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 29 May 2026 If your plants are developing discolored leaf tips early in the season, your garlic crop may need fertilizer. — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 May 2026 This includes lethargy, weakness, discolored gums, or changes in urine color, warns April Summers, DVM, emergency veterinarian at AVSG Internal Medicine, Emergency & Critical Care. — Rae Ford, Martha Stewart, 23 May 2026 The state Division of Water Resources reminds people to avoid contact with discolored water that could indicate the presence of an algal bloom, Oleniacz said. — Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 14 May 2026

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Adjective

Everything from the casting (male dancers, internet faves, and very few actual models) to the scenery (a 191-year-old venue with plenty of stained glass) to the ambiance (candlelit, with lots of bows and florals) embodied the brand's quintessential mix of romance, community, and nostalgia.

— Madeline Hirsch, InStyle, 26 June 2026
Spread the mixture on the stained area; leave it for 15 minutes before wiping it away with a microfiber cloth.

— Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 19 June 2026

Definition of stained

Verb

Sacramento argued in court that most of her items were soiled and therefore garbage.

— Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 8 July 2026
The establishment remained closed after a reinspection, during which health inspectors observed unresolved violations including food stored at unsafe temperatures, multiple flies in the kitchen, soiled flooring under cooking equipment among others.

— Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 June 2026

Definition of soiled

Adjective

Their sometimes fiery back and forth in the virtual group interview was a marked contrast to some of their in-person group appearances before civic organizations and Democratic Party organizations.

— Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 17 July 2026
Cedar Lake police officers on patrol observed a marked Cedar Lake Police Department squad car being driven without its headlights on, according to a release from the sheriff’s department.

— Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2026

Definition of marked

Verb

Loose waves and smudged eye makeup, sharpened with pink at the inner corners, kept the effect closer to one of her stage looks.

— Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 3 July 2026
The school's statement said the receipt supporting the claim of the fake cigars had the time and date smudged out.

— Ryan Canfield OutKick, FOXNews.com, 12 June 2026

Definition of smudged

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Working alongside collaborators including Timbaland, Static Major, Bud’dha, Rapture Stewart, Eric Seats, and Stephen Garrett, Aaliyah helped craft a sound that blurred the boundaries between R&B, hip-hop, pop, soul, and electronic music.

— Desjah Altvater, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
In Detroit, which has dealt with some of the worst conditions in the country, the smoke has almost entirely blurred the city’s skyline.

— Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026

Definition of blurred

Adjective

In a burst of primary color and trompe l’oeil trickery, five dice—red, yellow, blue, green, white—are suspended against a maroon field densely latticed with dice shapes, the cubes appearing simultaneously to lie stationary on its pip-stippled surface and to tumble downward through space.

— James Quandt, Artforum, 2 June 2026
The delicate stippled pattern is reminiscent of shifting clouds that add depth and movement while maintaining an airiness.

— Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 25 May 2026

Definition of stippled

Verb

The same river that was savagely polluted by the mining industry, devastating the ancestral oasis of Quillagua.

— Cristina Dorador, The Dial, 14 July 2026
But stars aren’t the only things that fail to show up when the sky is polluted with light; fireflies, those flashing, nostalgic symbols of summer, often skip the party too.

— Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 1 July 2026

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