whitish

adjective

Definition of whitishnext
as in white

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Recent Examples of whitish Patients sometimes reported seeing unusual bluish or whitish colors after their cloudy natural lens was removed. — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026 Symptoms include angular red, purple, or brown lesions on the upper surfaces of leaves, often between veins, with whitish fungal growth on the undersides. — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2026 This smooth-leafed cousin of the prickly Christmas-style holly has whitish-green flowers in spring before the dark berries that give the shrub its name appear in late summer and early fall. — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 1 May 2026 And the screen is often duly obscured in a whitish haze, some of it moving through the skies above, some of it rising from the Phlegraean Fields, an active eight-mile-wide caldera to the west of Naples. — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2026 Quivering along the frill of brownish gray and whitish yellow stripes skirting her foot, the epipodial tentacles are pale silver and waving, numbering over a hundred, electrifying her whole body with tastes, smells, vibrations from above, behind, everywhere. — Literary Hub, 23 Feb. 2026 For example, whitish nails might indicate a vitamin deficiency or liver disease. — Andee Tagle, NPR, 21 Feb. 2026 Their appearances may vary from whitish to gray or black, and they are often confused with fleas, but are a completely different species. — Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 22 Jan. 2026 Broad-spectrum light is usually whitish in color and does not contain any UV rays, while full-spectrum light has a bluish color and features wavelengths from infrared to near-ultraviolet. — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for whitish
  1. white
  2. chalky
  3. pale
  4. ashy
  5. ashen
  6. mousy
  7. faded
Adjective
  • The move came after Black Democrats aligned with white Republican legislators to convince a federal court to create three congressional districts to elect the state’s first Black member of Congress since 1876.
    — Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026
  • It’s topped with Gruyère and finished with a blend of black, white and Szechuan peppercorns along with Indonesian long pepper and grains of paradise.
    — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 15 July 2026
Definition of white
Adjective
  • In 1925, a mycologist named Louis Ferdinand Lambert spotted a chalky little freak in his cultivation area in Pennsylvania and decided to propagate it.
    — Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 15 July 2026
  • This Wimbledon may have been mostly chalky, but this was a seismic shock on singles semifinal day.
    — James Hansen, New York Times, 9 July 2026
Definition of chalky
Adjective
  • The room, its walls expensively craquelure'd to resemble fractured eggshells, its pale taffeta curtains billowing in the chill English breeze, is more Hollywood boudoir than office.
    — Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 5 July 2026
  • But when taken together, our present divisions pale in comparison to the historical record.
    — Drew Pittock, USA Today, 5 July 2026
Definition of pale
Adjective
  • For an olive or medium complexion, a neutral contour shade (neither cool nor warm) will avoid an ashy gray hue.
    — Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 27 June 2026
  • Before the rookie makeovers, Courtni Shea had never colored her hair, which was originally an ashy brown color.
    — Julie Tremaine, PEOPLE, 20 June 2026
Definition of ashy
Adjective
  • Always, always those little ashen faces.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 May 2026
  • Nonetheless, at the end of the screening many members of the Vogue staff attended this week, one colleague turned to me with a slightly ashen look.
    — Chloe Schama, Vogue, 1 May 2026
Definition of ashen
Adjective
  • So that was the music playing in the brain of the mousy defendant.
    — William Finnegan, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • They are joined by Milo (Yeukayi Ushe), whose slippery jelly Tama escapes his control; Ameline (Evanna Lynch), Ssyelle’s mousy, enigmatic roommate; and Milo’s too-cool brother Odward (Waylon Jacobs).
    — Allison McClain Merrill, Parents, 8 June 2026
Definition of mousy
Adjective
  • Eric_Lynxweiler | Courtesy of Latinos in Heritage Conservation The Silver Platter, with its faded crimson awning along a stretch in Los Angeles’ Westlake District, doesn’t look like much from the outside.
    — R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • The faded fabric, buttery-soft cotton, and contrast-trim neckline lend it a vintage vibe that won’t look out of place when paired with more contemporary pieces.
    — Irene Richardson, InStyle, 28 June 2026
Definition of faded

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