blanched

Other forms of blanched

comparative

blanchedder·

superlative

blancheddest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about blanched

What does blanched mean?

blanched means "anemic looking from illness or emotion". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in blanched?

blanched has 1 syllable: blanched.

What is another word for blanched?

Close synonyms include ashen, bloodless, livid, white, etiolate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is blanched a common word?

blanched is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.