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whitish

/ˈwaɪtɪʃ/

whitish adjective: somewhat white, pale or almost white.

Adjective

whitish (comparative more whitish, superlative most whitish)

  1. Somewhat white, pale or almost white.
    • The skin was somewhat pigmented, especially in certain regions, while over the whole there appeared whitish, rounded or oval mottlings or dapplings, most obvious where the surrounding cuticle was most deeply colored.1910, The Year Book of Dermatology, page 124
    Synonyms:
    albescent, hoary, whity

whitish meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Sanskrit and Vietnamese

whitish in Tamil

கல்லுளுவை, பொன்னாந்தலை

whitish in Urdu

whitish, white, fair
اجلا ujlā

whitish in Sanskrit

whitish
श्वित्र śvitra

whitish in Vietnamese

somewhat white
hơi trắng

Examples of whitish in a sentence

  • The attack on a sea hare by a spiny lobster causes release of the whitish opaline, followed the co-release of both opaline and ink.
  • And the external two layers of cap are whitish and dull orange.
  • The original article (which see) mentions that the primary shafts on the upperwings lacked any whitish coloration.

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Synonyms of whitish

Antonyms

All synonyms and antonyms of whitish

Forms of whitish

comparativemore whitish
superlativemost whitish
alternative formwhiteish

Origin of whitish

From Middle English whitisch, whytyssh, equivalent to white + -ish.

Words formed from whitish

Questions about whitish

What does whitish mean?
Whitish means somewhat white, pale or almost white.
What is whitish in Tamil?
Whitish in Tamil is கல்லுளுவை, பொன்னாந்தலை. See Whitish meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is whitish?
Whitish is an adjective.
How do you pronounce whitish?
Whitish is pronounced /ˈwaɪtɪʃ/.

Words near whitish in the dictionary

  1. whiting-time
  2. whitings
  3. whitino
  4. whitinos
  5. Whitinsville
  6. whitish
  7. whitishly
  8. whitishness
  9. whitishnesses
  10. whitism
  11. whitist

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Adapted from Wiktionary: whitish (page history and authors); whitish (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); اجلا (Urdu) (page history and authors); श्वित्र (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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