COLOURLESS


Meaning of COLOURLESS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ kʌlə(r)ləs ]

Note: in AM, use 'colorless'

1.

Something that is colourless has no colour at all.

...a colourless, almost odourless liquid with a sharp, sweetish taste.

ADJ

2.

If someone’s face is colourless , it is very pale, usually because they are frightened, shocked, or ill.

Her face was colourless, and she was shaking...

His complexion was colorless and he hadn’t shaved.

ADJ : usu v-link ADJ

3.

Colourless people or places are dull and uninteresting.

We hurried through the colourless little town set on the fast-flowing Nyakchu.

ADJ : usu ADJ n

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