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colourless [ˈkʌləlɪs] adj
1. (Physics / General Physics) without colour 2. lacking in interest a colourless individual 3. grey or pallid in tone or hue 4. without prejudice; neutral colourlessly adv colourlessness n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
colourless adjective 1. uncoloured, faded, neutral, bleached, washed out, achromatic a colourless, almost odourless liquid 2. ashen, washed out, wan, sickly, anaemic Her face was colourless, and she was shaking. ashen healthy, glowing, blooming, flushed, robust, radiant, ruddy 3. uninteresting, dull, tame, dreary, drab, lacklustre, vacuous, insipid, vapid, characterless, unmemorable His wife is a drab, colourless little woman. uninteresting interesting, bright, exciting, unusual, compelling, distinctive, colourful, animated Translations colourless colorless (US) [ˈkʌləlɪs] ADJ → sin color, incoloro (fig) (= dull) [person] → soso a colourless liquid → un líquido transparente colourless [ˈkʌlərləs] (British) colorless (US) adj [liquid, gas] → incolore (= dull) [person] → terne; [place] → fade colour photograph (British) color photograph (US) n → photo f en couleur(s) colour scheme (British) color scheme (US) n → combinaison f de couleurs colour supplement n (British) (in newspaper) → supplément m illustré colour television (British) color television (US) n → télévision f en couleur(s) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No one now needed to "feel" him; no one mistook his front for his back; all his movements were readily ascertained by his neighbours without the slightest strain on their powers of calculation; no one jostled him, or failed to make way for him; his voice was saved the labour of that exhausting utterance by which we colourless Squares and Pentagons are often forced to proclaim our individuality when we move amid a crowd of ignorant Isosceles. There are some bad nights in the kingdom of the West Wind for homeward-bound ships making for the Channel; and the days of wrath dawn upon them colourless and vague like the timid turning up of invisible lights upon the scene of a tyrannical and passionate outbreak, awful in the monotony of its method and the increasing strength of its violence. He remembered what a colourless slip of a thing she had looked the day he had met her at the station. |
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