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Antonyms for colorful
ˈkʌl ər fəlcol·or·ful
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term colorful.
Princeton's WordNet
colorful, colourfuladjective
having striking color
"colorful autumn leaves"
Antonyms:
washed-out, etiolate, whitened, pastelike, dulled, blanched, pallid, somber, waxlike, colourless, pale, waxen, waxy, sober, faded, etiolated, sombre, colorless, livid, bloodless, lurid, ashen, prefaded, pasty, washy, wan, drab, bleached, greyed, white, neutralcolorful, colourfuladjective
striking in variety and interest
"a colorful period of history"; "a colorful character"; "colorful language"
Antonyms:
neutral, colorless, waxlike, sober, greyed, ashen, somber, waxy, etiolated, bleached, drab, white, pallid, washed-out, waxen, pale, lurid, washy, bloodless, whitened, colourless, dulled, pasty, wan, blanched, pastelike, faded, livid, etiolate, sombre, prefadedcolored, coloured, colorfuladjective
having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination
"colored crepe paper"; "the film was in color"; "amber-colored heads of grain"
Antonyms:
pallid, blanched, white, wan, waxy, ashen, lurid, colourless, pasty, prefaded, somber, bleached, waxen, etiolate, pastelike, sombre, pale, whitened, colorless, livid, washy, drab, faded, greyed, sober, etiolated, dulled, waxlike, neutral, bloodless, washed-outSynonyms:
slanted, dark, biased, colourful, bleached, dyed, non-white, one-sided, coloured, dark-skinned
How to use colorful in a sentence?
Whoever teaches the nightmare to paint, transforms the black and white dream into a colorful life.
If you always look down and dark, you have possibility of going to depression; you can change yourself towards light and colorful lives by looking up. Look at the sky, stars, galaxies, the infinity of the Universe..., you will start shining and twinkling as you are truly one among those!
When these pieces interact with our atmosphere, they burn up to reveal the fiery, colorful streaks you can find in our night sky.
Throughout the investigation, we met a lot of colorful characters, and some things that were said were surprising. The majority were just people who wanted to get their 15 minutes and there was n’t much we [ could have done ] with that information.
They do not leave home without American Express. ... Blame the moral carelessness that parents pass off as the gift of freedom as they cut their children loose like colorful kites and wish them an exciting flight.
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#348 | white | |
#5908 | neutral | |
#9332 | pale | |
#9703 | wan | |
#10207 | colorful | |
#18087 | faded | |
#19532 | sober | |
#38890 | colorless | |
#41014 | bleached | |
#43052 | drab | |
#47762 | somber | |
#54519 | waxy | |
#56410 | livid | |
#59538 | sombre | |
#61729 | pasty | |
#62489 | lurid | |
#70175 | ashen | |
#72491 | bloodless | |
#77536 | colourless | |
#78143 | pallid | |
#81132 | blanched | |
#94903 | washy | |
#95683 | dulled | |
#96455 | greyed | |
#137368 | whitened | |
#194502 | waxen | |
#244840 | etiolated |
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