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whitened

verb , past tense of whiten

Synonyms and Antonyms of whitened

to make white or whiter by removing color

years of sunlight had almost completely whitened the flag

Synonyms of whitened

blanched, bleached, blenched, decolorized, dulled, faded, paled, snowed, washed out

Words Related to whitened

brightened, lightened

frosted, silvered

Near Antonyms of whitened

blotched, checkered, dappled, daubed, discolored, flecked, marbled, mottled, patterned, polychromed, shaded, specked, speckled, splotched, spotted, streaked, striated, striped, tarnished, variegated

colored, dyed, painted, pigmented, stained, tinctured, tinged, tinted

burnished, polished, shone (or shined)

Antonyms of whitened

darkened, deepened, embrowned

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