Coloured

Meaning of Coloured

adjective
  1. having a colour or colours, especially as opposed to being black, white, or neutral.
    strings of coloured lights
    brightly coloured birds are easier to see
    a peach-coloured sofa
  2. wholly or partly of non-white descent.
  3. used as an ethnic label for people of mixed ethnic origin, including Khoisan, African, Malay, Chinese, and white.
    there was a drive to recruit coloured, black, and Indian members
noun
  1. a person who is wholly or partly of non-white descent.
  2. a person of mixed descent usually speaking Afrikaans or English as their mother tongue.
    the ANC was not making much progress among Indians or mixed-race Coloureds
  3. clothes, sheets, etc. that are any colour but white.
    she wouldn't mix her whites with her coloureds on wash day
verb, past tense
  1. change the colour of (something) by painting, dyeing, or shading it.
    he coloured her hair with a selection of blonde and brown shades
  2. (of a person or their skin) show embarrassment or shame by becoming red; blush.
    she coloured slightly
  3. influence, especially in a negative way; distort.
    the experiences had coloured her whole existence

Middle English: from Old French colour (noun), colourer (verb), from Latin color (noun), colorare (verb).

Information about Coloured

  • The plural form of Coloured is: Coloureds.
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Hyphenation of Coloured

Coloured

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 8 chars.
  • Coloured is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Coloured synonyms

Meaning colored:

colored, colorful, dark

Meaning biased:

biased, colored, slanted

Meaning bleached:

bleached, colored, dyed

Meaning colour (something) slightly; tinge:

tint

Meaning add a colour to or change the colour of (something) by soaking it in a solution impregnated with a dye:

dye

Meaning colour slightly:

tinge

Meaning screen from direct light:

shade

Meaning colour (something) with or as if with pigment:

pigment

Meaning colour (a material or object) by applying a penetrative dye or chemical:

stain

Meaning cover the surface of (something) with paint:

paint

Meaning show shyness, embarrassment, or shame by becoming red in the face:

blush

Meaning (of a person) blush:

redden

Meaning (of a person's skin, face, etc.) become red and hot, typically as the result of illness or strong emotion:

flush

Meaning (of a person's face) become flushed, especially through embarrassment:

crimson

Meaning have an influence on:

influence

Meaning have an effect on; make a difference to:

affect

Meaning present or view (information) from a particular angle, especially in a biased or unfair way:

slant

Meaning contaminate or pollute (something):

taint

Meaning distort or corrupt the original course, meaning, or state of (something):

pervert

Meaning make or become bent or twisted out of shape, typically as a result of the effects of heat or damp:

warp

Meaning form into a bent, curling, or distorted shape:

twist

Meaning suddenly change direction or position:

skew

Meaning give a misleading or false account or impression of:

distort

Meaning cause to feel or show inclination or prejudice for or against someone or something:

bias

Meaning give rise to prejudice in (someone); make biased:

prejudice

Meaning prove harmful or destructive to:

poison

Coloured antonyms

Meaning become pale in one's face from shock or fear:

pale

Words that rhyme with Coloured

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