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COLOURLESS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Weak in color; not colorful
Synonyms:
colorless; colourless
Classified under:
Similar:
ashen; blanched; bloodless; livid; white (anemic looking from illness or emotion)
bleached; faded; washed-out; washy (having lost freshness or brilliance of color)
drab; sober; somber; sombre (lacking brightness or color; dull)
dulled; greyed (deprived of color)
blanched; etiolate; etiolated ((especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light)
lurid (ghastly pale)
pale; pallid; wan (abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress)
pastelike; pasty (resembling paste in color; pallid)
prefaded ((of fabric or clothing) having been given a faded (weathered) appearance by artificial means)
waxen; waxlike; waxy (having the paleness of wax)
white; whitened ((of hair) having lost its color)
Also:
achromatic; neutral (having no hue)
Attribute:
color; colour; vividness (interest and variety and intensity)
Derivation:
colourlessness (the visual property of being without chromatic color)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Lacking in variety and interest
Example:
a colorless description of the parade
Synonyms:
colorless; colourless
Classified under:
Similar:
neutral (lacking distinguishing quality or characteristics)
pale; pallid (lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness)
Also:
dull (lacking in liveliness or animation)
Antonym:
colourful (striking in variety and interest)
