peroxided

Artificially made blonde

Peroxided describes hair that has been bleached with hydrogen peroxide, giving it an artificially blonde or lightened appearance.

The term often carries a slightly dismissive tone, suggesting the bleaching is obvious or overdone: a peroxided blonde, her peroxided curls.

The past participle functions almost exclusively as an adjective.

hair

blonde

Fair-haired person

stylist · colorist · toner · brassy · yellowish · ashy · silver · frosty · sun-kissed · ombre

bleaching

whitened

Made lighter in color

faded · stripped · oxidized · brightened · toned · pallid · washed-out · chemical · treatment · discoloration

chemical

oxidizing

Combining with oxygen

decomposition · radicals · oxygen · catalyst · solution · concentration · diluted · caustic

disinfecting

sanitized

Cleansed of contaminants

antibacterial · cleansed · purified · medicinal · topical · bubbling · foaming · clinical

Opposites
naturalness

peroxidednatural

Not artificially produced

unbleached · untreated · undyed · virgin · au naturel

color direction

peroxideddarkened

Made less bright

brunette · raven-haired · dark-haired · jet-black · dark

Phrases
Family

peroxide, hydrogen peroxide, peroxides, peroxidation, peroxidized, peroxidizing

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