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单词 etiolated
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etiolated in British English

(ˈiːtɪəleɪtɪd)
adjective
1.  botany
whitened through lack of sunlight
etoliated leaves
2.  literary
weakened; no longer at full strength
Her voice was thinner than I recalled, etoliated, drained of energy.
3.  literary
having a pale or sickly appearance

Examples of 'etiolated' in a sentence
etiolated

Now that he is pushing 80 there is something etiolated about his monumental frame.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
As for the performances, they are strangely etiolated.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
If a wind blew, the etiolated canvases would bend.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
The music is occluded, disorientating, its harmonies as bitter and etiolated as the text.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
But love doesn't work that way and nor does compassion, love's etiolated echo.
The Times Literary Supplement (2016)
It feels beyond high definition, etiolated, claustrophobic.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Later on, the margins of his maths books teemed with the etiolated figures that he still sketches now.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The cast in the original production were much more hippie - etiolated individuals with bad teeth and sometimes rather lanky hair.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Ambiguous consolation, but never easy sentiment, is offered in the delicately contrasting intermezzo and an uneasy, etiolated finale.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
What kind of alien friend would you plump for - etiolated, fuzzy, mechanical, friendly or with a frisson of delicious scare?
The Times Literary Supplement (2017)

Synonyms of 'etiolated'

pale, white, faded, bleached
More Synonyms of etiolated
(adjective) 
(formal) 
shrivelled bulbs with long etiolated shoots
Synonyms
pale
She looked pale and tired.
white
He turned white and began to stammer.
faded
a girl in a faded dress
bleached
Her hair was bleached blonde.
washed out
She tried to hide her washed-out face behind large, dark glasses.
wan
He looked wan and tired.
blanched
colourless
a colourless, almost odourless liquid
whitened
achromatic

Additional synonyms

in the sense of bleached
Her hair was bleached blonde.
Synonyms
whitened,
faded,
lightened,
washed-out,
etiolated (formal),
stone-washed,
peroxided,
achromatic
in the sense of colourless
Definition
without colour
a colourless, almost odourless liquid
Synonyms
uncoloured,
faded,
neutral,
bleached,
washed out,
achromatic,
achromic
in the sense of faded
a girl in a faded dress
Synonyms
discoloured,
pale,
bleached,
washed out,
dull,
dim,
indistinct,
etiolated (formal),
lustreless

Nearby words of
etiolated

  • ethics
  • ethnic
  • ethos
  • etiolated
  • etiquette
  • etymology
  • eulogize

Synonyms of 'etiolated'

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