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purplish

purplish adjective: somewhat purple in colour/color.

Adjective

purplish (comparative more purplish, superlative most purplish)

  1. Somewhat purple in colour/color.
    Synonyms:
    purply, purpuric

purplish meaning in Tamil

purplish in Tamil

கீளி, நூலேணி, சிப்பிலி

Examples of purplish in a sentence

  • Xeranthemums have silvery flower heads with purplish tubular flowers.
  • The frog simply outstands from its surroundings due to its dark purplish vibrant color.
  • In Maolin, outside Kaohsiung, millions of striped blue crow butterflies create a purplish haze in the forests.

All 10 example sentences with purplish

Synonyms of purplish

Antonyms

Forms of purplish

comparativemore purplish
superlativemost purplish

Origin of purplish

From purple + -ish.

Words formed from purplish

Questions about purplish

What does purplish mean?
Purplish means somewhat purple in colour/color.
What is purplish in Tamil?
Purplish in Tamil is கீளி, நூலேணி, சிப்பிலி. See Purplish meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is purplish?
Purplish is an adjective.

Words near purplish in the dictionary

  1. purpley
  2. purplier
  3. purpliest
  4. purpliness
  5. purpling
  6. purplish
  7. purplishly
  8. purplishness
  9. purply
  10. purpnin
  11. purpogallin

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