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(adj)
(no comparative or superlative) Characterized by spots (used especially of animals and plants).
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Having blemishes; flawed.
Discolored or blemished.
British standard spelling of discolored.
tainted
defiled or tainted, soiled or stained.
Subject to treatment or an action.
Coated with paint.
coated or decorated with varnish
That has suffered damage.
Deprived of color, or given the wrong color; pale, stained.
Corrupted or filled with imperfections.
especially of reputation
Blurred as by being rubbed.
Coloured or tinted with dye, or as though therewith.
Slightly colored, having tint.
Possessing prominent and varied colors.
Having a color.
British standard spelling of colorful.
British standard spelling of colored.
Covered in soil; earthy.
(of an image or color) Bright, intense, or colourful.
(Lancashire, Yorkshire, of a child) Spoilt, cosseted, overly indulged, soft.
Having a visible or identifying mark.
(n)
Commonwealth and Ireland standard spelling of color.
(N)
the debut studio album by Canadian rock band Sloan.
General; covering or encompassing everything.
(also figuratively) Dirty, defiled, stained.
made dirty or foul
covered patchily; often used in combination
Covered in blotches (“uneven patches of colour or discolouration”).
(v)
(transitive) To make (something) dirty.
Bearing streaks.
Impure; dirty.
made unfit for use by the introduction of unwholesome or undesirable elements.
Covered in stains; stained.
(rare) Stained, discoloured, tarnished.
Stained with water.
(rare) That easily stains
Stained all over, completely stained or discoloured.
Filthy, worthless.
Having mudstains; stained by mud.
stained with sweat
Having milkstains; stained by milk.
Stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood.
Stained with tears.
(vulgar) Stained with ejaculate.
Stained or marked with soot
Of the colour of ink, especially black ink; dark.
Alternative form of tearstained. [Stained with tears.]
Having streaks.
Having a grain or grains.
Stained or covered with grime.
Having the correct, desired, or pure colour tainted or stained.
streaked with tears
Stained with one or more skidmarks.
(also figuratively) Coloured or stained with a dye or pigment; coloured, dyed, stained, tinged.
Having a patina.
(heraldry) Stained with blood.
Covered or stained with blood
Having a stained glass window.
One who displays stigmata, the five wounds of Christ.
Of a garment: having had starch applied.
Resembling a whelk (the sea snail)
(obsolete) Striped; streaked with rod-shaped (long and narrow) streaks.
(archaic) A tint or colour.
Of paper, having yellowish-brown stains.
Having acquired a yellow color (or discoloration), especially when due to age; having been made yellow.
Alternative form of bistred. [Of a brown colour like the pigment called bistre.]
Unclean; covered with or containing unpleasant substances such as dirt or grime.
Having a stipple pattern.
Bearing a patina.
Of a brown colour like the pigment called bistre.
A bright red colour, like that of the stammel cloth.
Marked with smudges.
(intransitive) To become coated with a patina.
Resembling or characteristic of a streak.
(idiomatic) Very tired and lacking energy or animation.
Of a brownish, tawny or gray colour, with streaks or spots; streaky, spotted.
Marked with one or more blotches.
Of food, treated with smoke, often for flavor or as a method of preservation.
Dirty, soiled, grimy.
(MLE, slang) A gun or in particular an old or worn one.
Coloured or stained with woad; woaden
Having spots of blood.
Having a glaze (a coating).
Made brown; browned.
Containing or treated with tannin.
Having a scar or scars.
Corroded; having been oxidized or covered in rust.
(childish) A bowel movement; feces or diarrhoea
Covered with mold.
Dyed or colored crimson; reddened.
Having studs.
Dressed in culottes.
Having undergone decay, rotted.
Smeared, covered, or soiled with excrement.
(dated) Causing a spot, stain or damage
Anxious or uneasy.
Fastened with lace or laces (light cordage).