Paleness

  • 31pale — I noun 1) the pales of a fence Syn: stake, post, pole, picket, upright 2) outside the pale of decency Syn: boundary, confines, bounds, limits • …

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  • 32pallor — pal•lor [[t]ˈpæl ər[/t]] n. pat unusual or extreme paleness, as from fear, ill health, or death • Etymology: 1650–60; < L: paleness < pall(ēre) to be pale …

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  • 33achromasia — noun unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress) • Syn: ↑lividness, ↑lividity, ↑luridness, ↑paleness, ↑pallidness, ↑pallor, ↑wanness • Derivationally related …

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  • 34lividity — noun 1. a state of fury so great the face becomes discolored • Derivationally related forms: ↑livid • Hypernyms: ↑fury, ↑rage, ↑madness 2. unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress) • Syn …

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  • 35lividness — noun unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress) • Syn: ↑lividity, ↑luridness, ↑paleness, ↑pallidness, ↑pallor, ↑wanness, ↑achromasia • Derivationally relate …

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  • 36luridness — noun 1. the journalistic use of subject matter that appeals to vulgar tastes the tabloids relied on sensationalism to maintain their circulation • Syn: ↑sensationalism • Derivationally related forms: ↑lurid, ↑sensationalistic (for: ↑ …

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  • 37pallidity — noun being deficient in color • Syn: ↑paleness • Derivationally related forms: ↑pale (for: ↑paleness) • Hypernyms: ↑color property …

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  • 38pallidness — noun unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress) • Syn: ↑lividness, ↑lividity, ↑luridness, ↑paleness, ↑pallor, ↑wanness, ↑achromasia • Derivationally related …

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  • 39wanness — noun unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress) • Syn: ↑lividness, ↑lividity, ↑luridness, ↑paleness, ↑pallidness, ↑pallor, ↑achromasia • Derivationally rel …

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  • 40waxlike — adjective having the paleness of wax (Freq. 1) the poor face with the same awful waxen pallor Bram Stoker the soldier turned his waxlike features toward him a thin face with a waxy paleness • Syn: ↑waxen, ↑waxy • Sim …

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