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COLOURLESS

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 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Weak in color; not colorfulplay

Synonyms:

colorless; colourless

Classified under:

Adjectives

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 interestplay

Example:

a colorless description of the parade

Synonyms:

colorless; colourless

Classified under:

Adjectives

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)

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