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discolour verb [ dɪsˈkʌlə ]

• change or cause to change to a different, less attractive colour.
• "do not over-knead the dough or it will discolour"
Similar: stain, mark, soil, dirty, make dirty, streak, smear, spot, tarnish, sully, spoil, mar, disfigure, blemish, blacken, char, fade, bleach, wash out, rust, weather, stained, marked, spotted, soiled, tarnished, blackened, bleached, faded, yellowed, rusted, rusty, oxidized, weathered,
Opposite: shiny, clean,
Origin: late Middle English: from Old French descolorer or medieval Latin discolorare, from des-, dis- (expressing reversal) + Latin colorare ‘to colour’.


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