whitened

Thân thiện

Her grandmother's hair has whitened with age.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Made white or lighter in color: Describes something that has become white or has had its color lightened, often through a process or over time.
   • (Specifically of hair) Having lost its natural color, typically becoming white or gray: Refers to hair that has turned white, usually due to age.

Usage

The adjective whitened is used to describe the state of an object after it has undergone a change to become white or lighter. It often implies an action or process that caused the change. * It can describe physical objects like teeth, clothes, or hair. * It is commonly used in the passive sense (e.g., "the whitened walls" means the walls were whitened by something).

Examples

• General Use:

  • She smiled, revealing a row of whitened teeth.
  • The whitened bones lay bleaching in the desert sun.
  • He wore a shirt with a whitened collar.

• Specific Use (Hair):

  • His whitened hair contrasted sharply with his dark eyebrows.
  • The old sailor's face was framed by a beard of whitened hair.

Advanced Usage

• "Whitened with fear": A literary expression where a face is described as having become pale or ashen due to extreme fear.
  • Her face whitened with fear when she heard the noise.

Variants and Related Words

• Whiten (verb): To make or become white or lighter.
  • The detergent will whiten your laundry.
• Whitening (noun/adj): The process or agent that causes something to become white.
  • She uses a tooth whitening paste.

Synonyms

• Bleached: Made white or lighter by a chemical process or sunlight.
• Blanched: Made white or pale, often from removing color or from shock.
• Faded: Having lost brightness or color.
• (For hair) Grayed, Silvered: Having turned gray or white.

Antonyms

• Darkened: Made darker in color.
• Stained, Discolored: Marked or changed to a different, often unwanted, color.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. (of hair) having lost its color
   • the white hairs of old age

Từ đồng nghĩa

• white