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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shiny gray in color |
| Synonyms: | argent, argentate, bright, lustrous, pale, pearly, plated, resplendent, silvered, silvery, sterling, white |
| Main Entry: | sphere |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | domain of influence |
| Synonyms: | bailiwick, capacity, champaign, circle, class, compass, demesne, department, dominion, employment, field, function, ground, jungle, jurisdiction, level, neck of the woods, orbit, pale, position, precinct, province, range, rank, realm, scope, station, stomping ground, stratum, terrain, territory, turf*, walk of life, zone |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | stake |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pole |
| Synonyms: | pale, paling, picket, post, rod, spike, stave, stick |
| Main Entry: | tarnish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dirty, corrupt |
| Synonyms: | befoul, begrime, blacken, blemish, blot, contaminate, damage, darken, defame, defile, dim, discolor, disgrace, dull, embarrass, grime, harm, hurt, impair, injure, lose luster, lose shine, mar, muddy, pale, pollute, rust, slander, smear, smudge, soil, spoil, spot, stain, sully, taint, tar, vitiate |
| Antonyms: | clean, fix, polish, uncorrupt |
| Main Entry: | wan |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | colorless, weak |
| Synonyms: | anemic, ashen, ashy, bilious, blanched, bleached, bloodless, cadaverous, dim, discolored, faint, feeble, forceless, ghastly, haggard, ineffective, ineffectual, livid, pale, pallid, pasty, peaked, sickly, washed-out, waxen, white, worn |
| Antonyms: | colorful, flushed, strong |
| Main Entry: | washed-out |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | faded |
| Synonyms: | bleached, colorless, discolored, drained, drawn, dull, etiolated, fatigued, lusterless, not shiny, pale, pallid, run-down, shopworn, tattered, threadbare, tired, worn |
| Main Entry: | watery |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | liquid, diluted |
| Synonyms: | adulterated, anemic, aqueous, bloodless, colorless, damp, dilute, doused, flavorless, fluid, humid, insipid, marshy, moist, pale, runny, serous, sodden, soggy, tasteless, thin, washed, water-logged, watered-down, waterlike, weak, wet |
| Antonyms: | concentrated, dehydrated, dry, solid |
| Main Entry: | weak |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | faint, soft |
| Synonyms: | bated, dim, distant, dull, feeble, gentle, imperceptible, inaudible, indistinct, low, muffled, pale, poor, quiet, reedy, slight, small, stifled, thin, unaccented, unstressed, whispered |
| Antonyms: | loud, noisy, potent, strong |
| Main Entry: | whiten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or become extremely pale |
| Synonyms: | blanch, bleach, blench, chalk, decolor, decolorize, dull, etiolate, fade, frost, grizzle, lighten, pale, silver, turn pale, white, whitewash |
| Antonyms: | blacken, darken, dirty |
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