Meaning of PALENESS
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- [n] the property of having a naturally light complexion
- [n] unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress)
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| | Synonyms: | | achromasia, blondness, fairness, lividity, lividness, luridness, pallidness, pallor, wanness |
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| | See Also: | | complexion, skin color, skin colour | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Pale"ness\, n.
The quality or condition of being pale; want of freshness or
ruddiness; a sickly whiteness; lack of color or luster;
wanness.
The blood the virgin's cheek forsook; A livid paleness
spreads o'er all her look. --Pope.
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| | Related Terms: | | achroma, achromasia, achromatosis, albescence, albinism, albino, albinoism, anemia, aridity, ashiness, barrenness, bleariness, blondness, bloodlessness, blur, blurriness, cadaverousness, canescence, chalkiness, characterlessness, chloranemia, colorlessness, corpselikeness, creaminess, darkness, deadliness, deadness, deathlikeness, deathliness, deathly hue, deathly pallor, defocus, dimness, dismalness, dragginess, dreariness, dryness, dullness, dustiness, eeriness, effeteness, emptiness, etiolation, exsanguination, facies Hippocratica, fadedness, faintness, fairness, feebleness, filminess, flatness, fogginess, frostiness, fuzziness, ghastliness, ghostlikeness, ghostliness, glaucescence, glaucousness, grisliness, grizzliness, gruesomeness, haggardness, half-visibility, haziness, heaviness, Hippocratic face, hoariness, hollowness, hypochromia, hypochromic anemia, inanity, indefiniteness, indistinctness, indistinguishability, inexcitability, insipidity, insipidness, jejunity, lactescence, leadenness, leukoderma, lifelessness, lightness, lividness, low profile, lowness of spirit, luridness, macabreness, mask of death, milkiness, mistiness, muddiness, obscurity, pallidity, pallidness, pallor, pastiness, pearliness, pointlessness, pokiness, ponderousness, prison pallor, sallowness, semivisibility, shadowiness, sickliness, sickly hue, silver, silveriness, slowness, snowiness, soft focus, solemnity, spiritlessness, sterility, stiffness, stodginess, stuffiness, superficiality, tastelessness, tediousness, uncanniness, uncertainty, unclearness, unearthliness, uninterestingness, unliveliness, unplainness, vague appearance, vagueness, vapidity, vapidness, vitiligo, wanness, weakness, weirdness, white, white race, whiteness, whitishness, woodenness |
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