DISCOLORS Synonyms: 58 Similar and Opposite Words

discolors

verb

present tense third-person singular of discolor

as in pollutes

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The usual analogy is that generative AI and LLMs are akin to a factory that pollutes local waters.

— Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
The Chenab River runs red with blood while poison pollutes the five rivers of Punjab and spreads through the fertile soil.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026

Definition of pollutes

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The film hinges on a small moment that not only sullies the trip but leads her character to reconsider her understanding of her father.

— Scott Tobias, Vulture, 17 July 2026
For all the ways Disney’s move sullies it with creatives in Hollywood, OpenAI’s new partner does the opposite — gives it massive cred in Silicon Valley.

— Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 12 Dec. 2025

Definition of sullies

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Blending 1970s sci-fi aesthetics with a timeless world where cell phones are the only markers of temporal difference, the film blurs the boundaries between memory, history and the supernatural.

— Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 18 Oct. 2026
The administration’s pursuit of profit and peace blurs the line between public and private interests.

— Max Boot, Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of blurs

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Darker smears around the crater’s rim contain surface rocks and lunar dust called regolith previously altered by solar winds, micrometeorites, and cosmic radiation over an extended period of time.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 19 Aug. 2026
The atmosphere works on them a little bit harder and reduces their strength and smears them a little bit more.

— Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of smears

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Cleaning dirt and smudges off window glass helps sunlight penetrate into your home and will boost the amount of light that’s available to your houseplants.

— Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Jan. 2026
Dim sunlight smudges skies for only a few hours in the depth of winter.

— Tom Vanden Brook, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025

Definition of smudges

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