- Whey-faced
- Whey-faced \Whey"-faced`\, a. Having a pale or white face, as from fright. ``Whey-faced cavaliers.'' --Aytoun. [1913 Webster]
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whey|faced — «HWAY FAYST», adjective. having a white or pale face; pallid … Useful english dictionary
whey-faced — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ adjective : having a face suggestive of whey : pale, pallid straggled … in little processions, whey faced, thin, ragged Jan Struther * * * wheyˈ faced adjective Pale, esp with terror • • • Main Entry: ↑whey * * * adj. (of a person)… … Useful english dictionary
whey-faced — adjective see whey face … New Collegiate Dictionary
whey-faced — adjective (of a person) pale, especially as a result of ill health, shock, or fear … English new terms dictionary
whey-face — noun Date: 1605 a person having a pale face (as from fear) • whey faced adjective … New Collegiate Dictionary
whey — n. the watery liquid left when milk forms curds. Phrases and idioms: whey faced pale esp. with fear. Etymology: OE hwaeligg, hweg f. LG … Useful english dictionary
wheyface — whey•face [[t]ˈ(h)weɪˌfeɪs, ˈweɪ [/t]] n. a face that or a person who is pallid, as from fear • Etymology: 1595–1605 whey′faced , adj … From formal English to slang
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haggard — Synonyms and related words: abandoned, achromatic, achromic, amok, anemic, angular, ashen, ashy, attenuated, bellowing, berserk, bigoted, bled white, bloodless, blue, cadaverous, careworn, carried away, chloranemic, colorless, corpselike, dead,… … Moby Thesaurus
wan — Synonyms and related words: achromatic, achromic, anemic, apathetic, ashen, ashy, benumbed, blanch, blanched, blase, bleach, bleach out, bleached, bled white, bloodless, blue, bored, cadaverous, change color, chloranemic, colorless, corpselike,… … Moby Thesaurus
