Synonyms for colorlessness


Grammar : Noun
Spell : kuhl-er-lis
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkʌl ər lɪs

Top 10 synonyms for colorlessness Other synonyms for the word colorlessness

Définition of colorlessness

Origin :
  • late 14c., from color (n.) + -less. Figurative sense of "lacking vividness" is recorded from 1861. Related: Colorlessness.
  • As in monotony : noun boredom; sameness
  • As in pallor : noun paleness
  • As in paleness : noun pallor
  • As in blandness : noun dullness
  • As in drabness : noun dullness
  • As in dreariness : noun gloominess
  • As in flatness : noun dullness
  • As in insipidity : noun dullness
  • As in jejuneness : noun dullness
  • As in lifelessness : noun dullness
  • As in monotone : noun monotony
  • As in monotonousness : noun monotony
  • As in sterileness : noun dullness
  • As in stodginess : noun dullness
  • As in vapidity : noun dullness
  • As in vapidness : noun dullness
Example sentences :
  • Indifference does not secure impartiality; it results mostly in colorlessness.
  • Extract from : « Syndicalism in France » by Louis Levine
  • In truth, Judith had realized rather more startlingly than usual the bareness and colorlessness of her life.
  • Extract from : « Throckmorton » by Molly Elliot Seawell
  • The metaphysics has been attenuated to something approaching in colorlessness the naturalist's conception of natural law.
  • Extract from : « The Place of Science in Modern Civilisation and Other Essays » by Thorstein Veblen
  • She was clothed in velvet, which gave to her cheek and brow the colorlessness of marble.
  • Extract from : « The Bronze Hand » by Anna Katharine Green (Mrs. Charles Rohlfs)
  • She was a drab woman, with a colorlessness of face that seemed to match the colorlessness of her clothing.
  • Extract from : « But, I Don't Think » by Gordon Randall Garrett
  • The result was a colorlessness of manner which did great injustice to the gentle and delicate soul behind.
  • Extract from : « Idolatry » by Julian Hawthorne
  • Colonel Simonov frowned down into the colorlessness of the vodka before dashing it back over his palate.
  • Extract from : « Freedom » by Dallas McCord Reynolds
  • He combines in himself the excellencies and the colorlessness of the Sunday-school atmosphere.
  • Extract from : « The Crow's Nest » by Clarence Day, Jr.

Antonyms for colorlessness

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