DISCOLORING Synonyms

• (histology) the use of a dye to color specimens for microscopic study

• the act of spotting or staining something

• a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body)

• mar or spoil the appearance of

• mar or impair with a flaw

• add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective

• To mark with blotches.

• To develop blotches, to become blotchy.

• The situation of having blotches; blotchiness.

• mar or spoil the appearance of

• mar or spoil the appearance of

• a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body)

• the month following February and preceding April

• make imperfect

• destroy or injure severely

• a smoky fire to drive away insects

• a blemish made by dirt

• make a smudge on; soil by smudging

• a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink

• destructive diseases of plants (especially cereal grasses) caused by fungi that produce black powdery masses of spores

• any fungus of the order Ustilaginales

• an offensive or indecent word or phrase

• creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire

• make obscene

• stain with a dirty substance, such as soot

• become affected with smut

• affect with smut or mildew, as of a crop such as corn

• discoloration of metal surface caused by oxidation

• make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically