complexion as a noun: - 1
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as a verb: - 1
complexion
noun
1 complexion
The coloring of a person's face.
synonyms: skin color, skin colour.
Roget 7:
state,
condition,
category,
estate,
lot,
ease,
trim,
mood,
pickle,
plight,
temper;
aspect
etc.
(appearance)
448,
dilemma,
pass,
predicament.
constitution,
habitude,
diathesis†;
frame,
fabric
etc.
329;
stamp,
set,
fit,
mold,
mould.
mode,
modality,
schesis†;
form
etc.
(shape)
240.
tone,
tenor,
turn;
trim,
guise,
fashion,
light,
complexion,
style,
character.
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Roget 428:
color,
hue,
tint,
tinge,
dye,
complexion,
shade,
tincture,
cast,
livery,
coloration,
glow,
flush;
tone,
key.
pure color,
positive color,
primary color,
primitive complementary color;
three primaries;
spectrum,
chromatic dispersion;
broken color,
secondary color,
tertiary color.
local color,
coloring,
keeping,
tone,
value,
aerial perspective.
[Science of color]
chromatics,
spectrum analysis,
spectroscopy;
chromatism†,
chromatography†,
chromatology†.
[instruments to measure color]
prism,
spectroscope,
spectrograph,
spectrometer,
colorimeter
(optical instruments)
445.
pigment,
coloring matter,
paint,
dye,
wash,
distemper,
stain;
medium;
mordant;
oil paint
etc.
(painting)
556.
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Roget 448:
appearance,
phenomenon,
sight,
spectacle,
show,
premonstration†,
scene,
species,
view,
coup d'oeil [Fr.];
lookout,
outlook,
prospect,
vista,
perspective,
bird's-eye view,
scenery,
landscape,
picture,
tableau;
display,
exposure,
mise en sc ne [Fr.];
rising of the curtain.
phantasm,
phantom
etc.
(fallacy of vision)
443.
pageant,
spectacle;
peep-show,
raree-show,
gallanty-show;
ombres chinoises [Sp.];
magic lantern,
phantasmagoria,
dissolving views;
biograph†,
cinematograph,
moving pictures;
panorama,
diorama,
cosmorama†,
georama†;
coup de theatre,
jeu de theatre [Fr.];
pageantry
etc.
(ostentation)
882;
insignia
etc.
(indication)
550.
aspect,
angle,
phase,
phasis†,
seeming;
shape
etc.
(form)
240;
guise,
look,
complexion,
color,
image,
mien,
air,
cast,
carriage,
port,
demeanor;
presence,
expression,
first blush,
face of the thing;
point of view,
light.
lineament feature trait lines;
outline,
outside;
contour,
face,
countenance,
physiognomy,
visage,
phiz. ,
cast of countenance,
profile,
tournure†,
cut of one s jib,
metoposcopy†;
outside
etc.
220.
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Dutch: gelaatskleur, huidkleur, huidskleur, kleur, kleurtje, teint
Polish: kolor skóry
2 complexion
A combination that results from coupling or interlinking.
3 complexion
A point of view or general attitude or inclination.
4 complexion
Texture and appearance of the skin of the face.
Dutch: tint, huidskleur, kleur
Polish: cera
5 complexion
obsolete A combination of elements (of dryness and warmth or of the four humors) that was once believed to determine a person's health and temperament.
verb
1 complexion
Moby thesaurus: achromatism, air, ambiversion, bearing, body-build, brand, brow, carriage, cast, cast of countenance, character, characteristic, characteristics, chromatism, chromism, color, color balance, color harmony, color scheme, coloration, coloring, composition, constituents, constitution, countenance, crasis, cycloid personality, cyclothymia, decorator color, demeanor, dharma, diathesis, disposition, ectomorphism, ectomorphy, endomorphism, endomorphy, ethos, extroversion, extrovertedness, face, facial appearance, fashion, favor, feature, features, fiber, form, frame, garb, genius, grain, guise, habit, hue, humor, humors, ilk, individualism, individuality, ingoingness, introversion, introvertedness, key, kind, lineaments, lines, looks, makeup, manner, mesomorphism, mesomorphy, mien, mode, mold, natural color, nature, other-directedness, outgoingness, pallor, personality, personality tendency, physiognomy, physique, port, posture, presence, property, quality, schizoid personality, schizothymia, shade, shape, skin color, somatotype, sort, spirit, stamp, stance, streak, stripe, style, suchness, syntony, system, temper, temperament, tendency, tenor, tinct, tincture, tinge, tint, tone, traits, turn, type, undercolor, vein, visage, way ... show more.
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