| Main Entry: | blanch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become afraid |
Synonyms: |
flinch, pale, recoil, shrink, start, wince |
Antonyms: |
be brave |
| Main Entry: | blanched |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | whitened |
Synonyms: |
ashen, paled |
Antonyms: |
colored, darkened |
| Main Entry: | afraid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fearful |
Synonyms: |
abashed, aghast, alarmed, anxious, apprehensive, aroused, blanched, cowardly, cowed, daunted, discouraged, disheartened, dismayed, distressed, disturbed, faint-hearted, frightened, frozen, have cold feet, horrified, in awe, intimidated, nervous, panic-stricken, perplexed, perturbed, petrified, rattled, run scared, scared, scared stiff, scared to death, shocked, spooked, startled, stunned, suspicious, terrified, terror-stricken, timid, timorous, trembling, upset, worried |
Antonyms: |
bold, brave, composed, confident, cool, courageous, fearless, heroic, intrepid, unafraid, undaunted, valiant |
| Main Entry: | ashen |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | gray |
Synonyms: |
anemic, blanched, cadaverous, colorless, ghastly, gray, leaden, pale, pallid, pasty, sallow, wan, white |
| Main Entry: | bleach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | whiten |
Synonyms: |
achromatize, blanch, blench, decolor, decolorize, etiolate, fade, grow pale, lighten, make pale, peroxide, wash out |
Antonyms: |
blacken, darken, yellow |
| Main Entry: | cadaverous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pale, corpselike |
Synonyms: |
ashen, bag of bones, blanched, bloodless, consumptive, dead, deathlike, deathly, emaciated, exsanguinous, gaunt, ghastly, ghostly, haggard, pallid, peaked, peaky, sallow, shadowy, sick, skeletal, skeletonlike, skin and bones, spectral, thin, wan, wasted |
Antonyms: |
flushed, lifelike, lively |
| Main Entry: | colorless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without hue |
Synonyms: |
achromatic, achromic, anemic, ashen, ashy, blanched, bleached, cadaverous, doughy, drab, dull, faded, flat, ghastly, livid, lurid, neutral, pale, sickly, uncolored, wan, washed out, waxen, white |
Antonyms: |
brilliant, colored, colorful, motley, rich, stimulating, vibrant, vivid |
| Main Entry: | cook |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prepare food, usually using heat |
Synonyms: |
French fry, bake, barbecue, blanch, boil, braise, brew, broil, brown, burn, coddle, curry, decoct, deep fry, devil, doctor*, escallop, fix, fricassee, fry, griddle, grill, heat, imbue, melt, microwave, mull, nuke, panfry, parboil, parch, percolate, poach, pressure-cook, reduce, roast, ruin*, sauté, scald, scorch, sear, seethe, simmer, sizzle, spoil*, steam, steep, stew, toast, warm up |
| Main Entry: | fade |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lose color |
Synonyms: |
achromatize, become colorless, blanch, bleach, blench, clear, decolorize, dim, disappear, discolor, dissolve, dull, etiolate, evanish, evaporate, grow dim, lose brightness, lose luster, muddy, neutralize, pale, tarnish, tone down, vanish, wash out |
Antonyms: |
brighten, color, sharpen, strengthen |
| Main Entry: | fair |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | light-complexioned, light-haired |
Synonyms: |
argent, blanched, bleached, blond, blonde, chalky, colorless, creamy, faded, fair-haired, fair-skinned, flaxen-haired, light, milky, neutral, pale, pale-faced, pallid, pearly, sallow, silvery, snowy, tow-haired, tow-headed, white, whitish |
| Notes: | a fair (noun) is a traveling show or carnival or a gathering of producers to promote business - fair (adjective) means free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception, or very pleasing to the eye, or not excessive or extreme; fare (noun) is the sum charged for transportation, or the food and drink that are regularly consumed - fare (verb) to get along or proceed |
Antonyms: |
dark |