blanch
2 antonyms for blanch — opposites grouped by meaning.
Verb — To turn pale or white.
Synonyms by Meaning
2. verb
To remove the colour from something so that it turns white.
“Age has blanched his hair.”
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Etymology
Came into English from Middle English blaunchen, from Old French blanchir, from Old French blanc (“white”), from Early Medieval Latin blancus, from Frankish *blank, from Proto-Germanic *blankaz (“bright, shining, blinding, white”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ- (“to shine”). It is cognate with blench (“to deceive,...
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