discolour

discolour or US discolor

Verb

to change in colour; to fade or stain

discoloration n

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

discolour - change color, often in an undesired manner; "The shirts discolored" discolor, color, colour blush, crimson, flush, redden - turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame; "The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by" blanch, blench, pale - turn pale, as if in fear bronze, tan - get a tan, from wind or sun sunburn, burn - get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" white, whiten - turn white; "This detergent will whiten your laundry" black, blacken, nigrify, melanise, melanize - make or become black; "The smoke blackened the ceiling"; "The ceiling blackened" turn - change color; "In Vermont, the leaves turn early" silver - turn silver; "The man's hair silvered very attractively" dye - color with dye; "Please dye these shoes" redden - turn red or redder; "The sky reddened" purple - become purple gray, grey - turn grey; "Her hair began to grey" yellow - turn yellow; "The pages of the book began to yellow" tone - change the color or tone of; "tone a negative" green - turn or become green; "The trees are greening" blue - turn blue

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discolour U.S. discolor

verb 1. mark, soil, mar, fade, stain, streak, tinge

2. stain, fade, streak, rust, tarnish

Translations

discolour (US), discolor [dɪsˈkʌləʳ] vt → décolorer;

(sth white) → jaunir

vi → se décolorer; jaunir

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discolour [dɪsˈkʌləʳ] vt → verfärben

vi → sich verfärben

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discolour (US), discolor [dɪsˈkʌləʳ] vt → scolorire [+ sth white]; ingiallire

vi → sbiadire, scolorirsi; [sth white] → ingiallire