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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]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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Synonyms:

Unclean, foul, filthy, nasty, soiled, begrimed / Clouded, cloudy, dark, sullied, dull / Mean, base, vile, low, grovelling, sneaking, pitiful, paltry, beggarly, scurvy, shabby, despicable, contemptible / Foul, rainy, sloppy, muddy, sleety, uncomfortable, disagreeable, nasty, Foul, befoul, soil, defile, draggle, daggle

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dirty — [dʉrt′ē] adj. dirtier, dirtiest [ME dritti] 1. soiled or soiling with dirt; unclean 2. causing one to be soiled with dirt [a dirty occupation] 3. lacking luster or brilliance; dull, grayish, etc. [a dirty green] 4. obscene; pornographic … English World dictionary
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dirty — dirt‧y [ˈdɜːti ǁ ˈdɜːr ] adjective unfair or dishonest: • a dirty political campaign • revelations about dirty dealing in the Treasury bond market • He accused the government of dirty tricks against the Republicans. * * * dirty UK US /ˈdɜːti/… … Financial and business terms
dirty — adj Dirty, filthy, foul, nasty, squalid mean conspicuously unclean or impure. Dirty is the general term for what is sullied or defiled with dirt of any kind {dirty hands} {dirty linen} {dirty streets} {he was dirty and bloodstained and his… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
dirty — ► ADJECTIVE (dirtier, dirtiest) 1) covered or marked with dirt; not clean. 2) lewd; obscene. 3) dishonest; dishonourable. 4) (of weather) rough and unpleasant. ► ADVERB Brit. informal ▪ used for emphasis: a … English terms dictionary
Dirty — Dirt y, a. [Compar. {Dirtier}; superl. {Dirtiest}.] 1. Defiled with dirt; foul; nasty; filthy; not clean or pure; serving to defile; as, dirty hands; dirty water; a dirty white. Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. Sullied; clouded; applied to color. Locke … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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dirty — c.1500, from DIRT (Cf. dirt) + Y (Cf. y) (2). Earlier dritty (late 14c.). Meaning smutty, morally unclean is from 1590s. Of colors, from 1690s. As a verb, from 1590s. Dirty linen personal or familial secrets is first recorded 1860s. Dirty work in … Etymology dictionary

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