WHITENING Antonyms
Best Opposite Words For WHITENING
| Word | Save | Syns.. | Usage | Type | ||
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| blackening | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||
noun • changing to a darker color | ||||||
| browning | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • cooking to a brown crispiness over a fire or on a grill • United States inventor of firearms (especially automatic pistols and repeating rifles and a machine gun called the Peacemaker) (1855-1926) • English poet and husband of Elizabeth Barrett Browning noted for his dramatic monologues (1812-1889) • English poet best remembered for love sonnets written to her husband Robert Browning (1806-1861) | ||||||
| darkening | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • changing to a darker color adjective satellite • becoming dark or darker as from waning light or clouding over | ||||||
| dirtying | verbv | |||||
noun • the act of soiling something | ||||||
| staining | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • (histology) the use of a dye to color specimens for microscopic study • the act of spotting or staining something | ||||||
| tanning | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||
noun • process in which skin pigmentation darkens as a result of exposure to ultraviolet light • beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment • making leather from rawhide | ||||||
| bronzing | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||
noun • an alloy of copper and tin and sometimes other elements; also any copper-base alloy containing other elements in place of tin • a sculpture made of bronze adjective satellite • of the color of bronze • made from or consisting of bronze verb • give the color and appearance of bronze to something • get a tan, from wind or sun | ||||||
| discoloring | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||
verb • To change or lose color. noun • Discoloration | ||||||
| tarnishing | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||
noun • discoloration of metal surface caused by oxidation verb • make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically | ||||||
| yellowing | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||
noun • yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons adjective satellite • of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk • easily frightened • changed to a yellowish color by age • typical of tabloids • cowardly or treacherous • affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc verb • turn yellow | ||||||
| blacken | verbv | |||||
verb • make or become black • burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color | ||||||
Alternatives for BLACKENING
Alternatives for BROWNING
Alternatives for DARKENING
Alternatives for DIRTYING
- contaminating
- blackening
- soiling
- spotting
- staining
- bedraggling
- befouling
- begriming
- besmirching
- blotting
- defiling
- fouling
- griming
- miring
- muddying
- polluting
- smudging
- splotching
- sullied
- tarnishing
- foul
- soil
- begrime
- bemire
- cheating
- colly
- dingy
- filthy
- grime
- ill-gotten
- lousy
- marked-up
- muddied
- muddy
- pestiferous
- shoddy
- soiled
- sordid
- sully
- taint
- unclean
- unsporting
- unsportsmanlike