colored[adjective]Synonyms: biased, jaundiced, one-sided, partial, partisan, prejudiced, prepossessed, tendentious, unindifferent, warped
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I. col‧oured1 British English,
colored American English /ˈkʌləd $ -ərd/
adjective [
Word Family: noun:
COLOUR/COLOR,
COLOURING/COLORING,
coloration,
COLOURANT/COLORANT,
COLOURIST/COLORIST;
adjective:
COLOURED/COLORED, discoloured/discolored,
COLOURFUL/COLORFUL ≠
COLOURLESS/COLORLESS,
multicoloured,
COLOUR/COLOR;
verb:
COLOUR/COLOR;
adverb:
COLOURFULLY/COLORFULLY ≠
COLOURLESSLY/COLORLESSLY]
1. brightly/highly/richly etc coloured having a bright colour such as red, blue, or yellow etc, or a deep shade of a particular colour, but not black, white, or plain
2. having a colour other than black or white:
coloured glass a cream-coloured sweater3. taboo old-fashioned a very offensive word used to describe someone who is a member of a race of people with dark or black skin. Do not use this word.
4. used in South Africa to describe someone whose parents or grandparents were not of the same race as each other
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II. coloured2 British English,
colored American English noun [countable]1. taboo old-fashioned a very offensive word for someone who is a member of a race of people with dark or black skin. Do not use this word.
2. a person whose parents or grandparents were not of the same race as each other – used in South Africa
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