etiolated
- v make weak by stunting the growth or development of
- v bleach and alter the natural development of (a green plant) by excluding sunlight
- v make pale or sickly
- s (especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light
etiolated celery
- To be sure, Foley might have sent the messages even if he had lived a life of integrity rather than one etiolated by lies.
- Far from being etiolated or artificial, it is almost as realist as a Caravaggio, though much classier in the opulence of Judith's robes.
- Our relationship had become so etiolated and dull that we didn't even have proper fights.