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Adjectives (8)
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bleached, colored, coloured, dyed
adj. (used of color) artificially produced; not natural; "a bleached blonde"
bleached, faded, washed-out, washy
adj. having lost freshness or brilliance of color; "sun-bleached deck chairs"; "faded jeans"; "a very pale washed-out blue"; "washy colors"
Fuzzynyms (99)
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dull, thudding
adj. not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft; "the dull thud"; "thudding bullets"
imperceptible, unperceivable
adj. impossible or difficult to perceive by the mind or senses; "an imperceptible drop in temperature"; "an imperceptible nod"; "color is unperceivable to the touch"
cloudy, muddy, mirky, murky, turbid
adj. (of liquids) clouded as with sediment; "a cloudy liquid"; "muddy coffee"; "murky waters"
cloudy, nebulose, nebulous
adj. lacking definite form or limits; "gropes among cloudy issues toward a feeble conclusion"- H.T.Moore; "nebulous distinction between pride and conceit"
enigmatic, oracular
adj. resembling an oracle in obscurity of thought; "the oracular sayings of Victorian poets"; "so enigmatic that priests might have to clarify it"; "an enigmatic smile"
dark, obscure
adj. marked by difficulty of style or expression; "much that was dark is now quite clear to me"; "those who do not appreciate Kafka's work say his style is obscure"
bleary, blurred, blurry, foggy, fuzzy, hazy, muzzy
adj. indistinct or hazy in outline; "a landscape of blurred outlines"; "the trees were just blurry shapes"
unclear
adj. not clear to the mind; "the law itself was unclear on that point"; "the reason for their actions is unclear to this day"
shadowy, wraithlike
adj. lacking in substance; "strange fancies of unreal and shadowy worlds"- W.A.Butler; "dim shadowy forms"; "a wraithlike column of smoke"
gradual
adj. proceeding in small stages; "a gradual increase in prices"
unnoticeable
adj. not noticeable; not drawing attention; "her clothes were simple and unnoticeable"- J.G.Cozzens
elusive, subtle
adj. difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze; "his whole attitude had undergone a subtle change"; "a subtle difference"; "that elusive thing the soul"
undefined, vague
adj. not precisely limited, determined, or distinguished; "an undefined term"; "undefined authority"; "some undefined sense of excitement"; "vague feelings of sadness"; "a vague uneasiness"
confusing, perplexing, puzzling
adj. lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity; "sent confusing signals to Iraq"; "perplexing to someone who knew nothing about it"; "a puzzling statement"
ambiguous
adj. having no intrinsic or objective meaning; not organized in conventional patterns; "an ambiguous situation with no frame of reference"; "ambiguous inkblots"
nebulous, unfixed
adj. lacking definition or definite content; "nebulous reasons"; "unfixed as were her general notions of what men ought to be"- Jane Austen
obscure, vague
adj. not clearly understood or expressed; "an obscure turn of phrase"; "an impulse to go off and fight certain obscure battles of his own spirit"-Anatole Broyard; "their descriptions of human behavior become vague, dull, and unclear"- P.A.Sorokin; "vague...forms of speech...have so long passed for mysteries of science"- John Locke
indistinct
adj. not clearly defined or easy to perceive or understand; "indistinct shapes in the gloom"; "an indistinct memory"; "only indistinct notions of what to do"
outermost, outmost
adj. situated at the farthest possible point from a center
excessive, extravagant, exuberant, overweening
adj. unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings; "extravagant praise"; "exuberant compliments"; "overweening ambition"; "overweening greed"
abundant
adj. present in great quantity; "an abundant supply of water"
great
adj. remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; "a great crisis"; "had a great stake in the outcome"
big, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, handsome, giving, liberal, openhanded
adj. given or giving freely; "was a big tipper"; "the bounteous goodness of God"; "bountiful compliments"; "a freehanded host"; "a handsome allowance"; "Saturday's child is loving and giving"; "a liberal backer of the arts"; "a munificent gift"; "her fond and openhanded grandfather"
exorbitant, extortionate, outrageous, steep, unconscionable, usurious
adj. greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation; "exorbitant rent"; "extortionate prices"; "spends an outrageous amount on entertainment"; "usurious interest rate"; "unconscionable spending"
expensive
adj. high in price or charging high prices; "expensive clothes"; "an expensive shop"
overpriced
adj. too costly for the value; "overpriced items at resort shops"
absurd
adj. inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense; "the absurd predicament of seeming to argue that virtue is highly desirable but intensely unpleasant"- Walter Lippman
hideous, horrid, horrific, outrageous
adj. grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror; "subjected to outrageous cruelty"; "a hideous pattern of injustice"; "horrific conditions in the mining industry"
blind, unreasoning
adj. not based on reason or evidence; "blind hatred"; "blind faith"; "unreasoning panic"
sparse, thin
adj. not dense; "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse"
economical, frugal, scotch, sparing, stinting
adj. avoiding waste; "an economical meal"; "an economical shopper"; "a frugal farmer"; "a frugal lunch"; "a sparing father and a spending son"; "sparing in their use of heat and light"; "stinting in bestowing gifts"; "thrifty because they remember the great Depression"; "`scotch' is used only informally"
moderate, temperate
adj. not extreme; "a moderate penalty"; "temperate in his response to criticism"
cautious, conservative
adj. avoiding excess; "a conservative estimate"
temperate
adj. not extreme in behavior; "temperate in his habits"; "a temperate response to an insult"; "temperate in his eating and drinking"
fair, fairish, reasonable
adj. not excessive or extreme; "a fairish income"; "reasonable prices"
pastel
adj. delicate and pale in color; "pastel pink"
fair, fairish
adj. (used of hair or skin) pale or light-colored; "a fair complexion";
creamy
adj. of the color of cream; "creamy translucent pebbles"
light, light-colored
adj. (used of color) having a relatively small amount of coloring agent; "light blue"; "light colors such as pastels"; "a light-colored powder"
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arranged, staged
adj. deliberately arranged for effect; "one of those artfully staged photographs"
cardboard, unlifelike
adj. without substance; "cardboard caricatures of historical figures"
celluloid, synthetic
adj. artificial as if portrayed in a film; "a novel with flat celluloid characters"
conventionalized, conventionalised, stylized, stylised
adj. using artistic forms and conventions to create effects; not natural or spontaneous; "a stylized mode of theater production"
dummy
adj. having the appearance of being real but lacking capacity to function; "a dummy corporation"
ersatz, substitute
adj. artificial and inferior; "ersatz coffee"; "substitute coffee"
factitious
adj. not produced by natural forces; "brokers created a factitious demand for stocks"
fake, false, faux, imitation, simulated
adj. not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article; "it isn't fake anything; it's real synthetic fur"; "faux pearls"; "false teeth"; "decorated with imitation palm leaves"; "a purse of simulated alligator hide"
man-made, semisynthetic, synthetic
adj. not of natural origin; prepared or made artificially; "man-made fibers"; "synthetic leather"
etiolate, etiolated, blanched
adj. (especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light; "etiolated celery"
dulled, greyed
adj. deprived of color; "colors dulled by too much sun"; "greyed with the dust of the road"
dirty, dingy, muddied, muddy
adj. (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear; "dirty" is often used in combination; "a dirty (or dingy) white"; "the muddied grey of the sea"; "muddy colors"; "dirty-green walls"; "dirty-blonde hair"
drab, sober, somber, sombre
adj. lacking brightness or color; dull; "drab faded curtains"; "sober Puritan grey"; "children in somber brown clothes"
white, whitened
adj. (of hair) having lost its color; "the white hairs of old age"
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