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Affadir

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Definition: to make tasteless, dull, uninteresting, colorless

Trop d'eau va affadir le potage - Too much water will make the soup tasteless.

Cette chemise blanche affadit ton visage - That white shirt makes your face look pallid.

Related: l'affadissement - loss of flavor, weakening, dulling

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Pronunciation: [a fa deer] Audio Link

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