colored
Meaning of colored
verb, past tense
- change the colour of (something) by painting, dyeing, or shading it.
he coloured her hair with a selection of blonde and brown shades
- (of a person or their skin) show embarrassment or shame by becoming red; blush.
she coloured slightly
- 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).
adjective- 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
- wholly or partly of non-white descent.
- 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
- a person who is wholly or partly of non-white descent.
- 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
- clothes, sheets, etc. that are any colour but white.
she wouldn't mix her whites with her coloureds on wash day
Information about colored
- The plural form of colored is: coloreds.
- Languages in which colored is used:
(Press the button to hear it)
Hyphenation of colored
col-ored
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- colored is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
colored synonyms
Meaning coloured:
Meaning biased:
Meaning bleached:
Meaning colour (something) slightly; tinge:
Meaning add a colour to or change the colour of (something) by soaking it in a solution impregnated with a dye:
Meaning colour slightly:
Meaning screen from direct light:
Meaning colour (something) with or as if with pigment:
Meaning colour (a material or object) by applying a penetrative dye or chemical:
Meaning cover the surface of (something) with paint:
Meaning show shyness, embarrassment, or shame by becoming red in the face:
Meaning (of a person) blush:
Meaning (of a person's skin, face, etc.) become red and hot, typically as the result of illness or strong emotion:
Meaning (of a person's face) become flushed, especially through embarrassment:
Meaning have an influence on:
Meaning have an effect on; make a difference to:
Meaning present or view (information) from a particular angle, especially in a biased or unfair way:
Meaning contaminate or pollute (something):
Meaning distort or corrupt the original course, meaning, or state of (something):
Meaning make or become bent or twisted out of shape, typically as a result of the effects of heat or damp:
Meaning form into a bent, curling, or distorted shape:
Meaning suddenly change direction or position:
Meaning give a misleading or false account or impression of:
Meaning cause to feel or show inclination or prejudice for or against someone or something:
Meaning give rise to prejudice in (someone); make biased:
Meaning prove harmful or destructive to:
colored antonyms
Meaning become pale in one's face from shock or fear:
Translation of colored
- Spanish: parcial, sesgado, sesgada
- French: partial
- Italian: parziale, sbilanciato
- German: voreingenommen, parteiisch, tendenziös
- Portuguese: tendencioso
Anagrams of colored
Words that rhyme with colored
ored, arbored, belabored, beneighbored, bored, counterbored, drawbored, harbored, labored, mislabored, neighbored, overlabored, rebored, smoothbored, tabored, unarbored, unbored, unharbored, unlabored, unneighbored, cored, encored, outscored, overscored, prescored, rancored, rescored, scored, succored, uncored, underscored, unencored, unrancored, unscored, unsuccored, adored, battledored, corridored, odored, stevedored, unadored, uncorridored, unodored, pinafored, begored, clangored, engored, gored, ungored, anchored
Are you looking more rhymes for colored? Try our rhymes search engine.