whited

adjective

Definition of whitednext
as in gray

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  1. gray
  2. snow-white
  3. snowy
  4. pale
  5. pallid
  6. bleached
  7. faded
  8. faint
Adjective
  • Images on social media showed rescuers pulling the woman from the house, wrapped in a gray blanket.
    — Jon Haworth, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The 237 rooms and suites are serene, understated, and elegant, with paneled walls in dove gray and pale blue; beige marble and gold bathrooms; and the amenity du jour, pillow menus.
    — Eddi Fiegel, Robb Report, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of gray
Adjective
  • My hero tenderly wrapped his snow-white daughter in a cravat; my heroine woke with a stab of fear, wondering where her stomach had gone.
    — Eloisa James, PEOPLE, 12 May 2026
  • And happily, no one left this snow-white wedding cake in the rain.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Apr. 2026
Definition of snow-white
Adjective
  • Prepare your deck or patio for the rainy, snowy season by scooping up the Patio Zen 200-Gallon Lockable Waterproof Deck Box.
    — Maria Conti, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Sep. 2026
  • That same morning on a snowy side street in Minneapolis, an ICE agent shot and killed Renee Good.
    — Nick Penzenstadler, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of snowy
Adjective
  • The pinkish squid glided two miles beneath the surface, its long, pale legs trailing from undulating fins, stunning scientists who know remarkably little about its diet, behavior or reproduction.
    — Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
  • If the opening sequence seemed pale and crude, there was quickly almost too much detail.
    — John Phipps, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of pale
Adjective
  • Young people in particular have soured on the technology over the last year, a development that may at least partially be explained by a pallid entry-level job market.
    — T.M. Brown, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026
  • This mordant melange takes off from the opening sequence, when Niaz finds himself at a casting call for an indie directed by Aza (Elene Mausuradze), an androgynous female director with the pallid look of a Tim Burton extra.
    — Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of pallid
Adjective
  • In the trailer, Paulson appeared in a blue jacket with scraggly blonde waves and bleached eyebrows—and, very possibly, a few prosthetics.
    — Meg Walters, InStyle, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Spain’s talisman was Lamine Yamal, its nineteen-year-old right winger, who plays the game with bleached tips, implausible speed, and nonchalance, but its superego was Rodri, the team’s central midfielder and captain.
    — Sam Knight, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
Definition of bleached
Adjective
  • Not to mention, its faded ivy tone is the perfect autumn hue.
    — Kyra Surgent, InStyle, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Ben Rahilly owns an appliance store, a gift shop, a furniture store and a concrete business in Newberry, a faded logging town about 60 miles west of the Canadian border.
    — Russ McNamara, NPR, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of faded
Adjective
  • The employee's voice is closer and louder, the customer's is farther and fainter.
    — Vivek Thomas, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The result is an 80-proof rum with no sugar added that has notes of tropical fruit, earth, vanilla, and some faint lime on the palate.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of faint
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