'dimmed dulled grayed' definitions:

Definition of 'dimmed dulled grayed'

From: GCIDE
  • Colorless \Col"or*less\, a.
  • 1. Without color; not distinguished by any hue; transparent; as, colorless water; a colorless gas.
  • Note: [Narrower terms: {ashen, bloodless, livid, lurid, pale, pallid, pasty, wan, waxen}; neutral; white] [Also See: achromatic, colorless.] [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
  • 2. Free from any manifestation of partial or peculiar sentiment or feeling; not disclosing likes, dislikes, prejudice, etc.; as, colorless music; a colorless style; definitions should be colorless. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. having lost its normal color.
  • Note: [Narrower terms: {blanched, etiolate, etiolated, whitened}; bleached, faded, washed-out, washy; dimmed, dulled, grayed; dirty; {dull, sober, somber, subfusc}] colored
  • Syn: colorless, uncolored, uncoloured. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]