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paleness

noun

1 paleness

Unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress).

synonyms: achromasia, lividity, lividness, luridness, pallidness, pallor, wanness.

Roget 422: dimness etc. adj.; darkness etc. 421; paleness etc. (light color) 429.    half light, demi-jour; partial shadow, ... show more

Roget 429: achromatism; decoloration, discoloration; pallor, pallidness, pallidity; paleness etc. adj.; etiolation; neutral tint, monochrome, black and white.    ... show more

Dutch: bleekheid, doodskleur, lijkkleur
Polish: bezkrwistość, bladość

2 paleness

The property of having a naturally light complexion.

synonyms: blondness, fairness.

3 paleness

Being deficient in color.

synonym: pallidity.

Polish: bladość


Moby thesaurus: Hippocratic face, achroma, achromasia, achromatosis, albescence, albinism, albino, albinoism, anemia, aridity, ashiness, barrenness, bleariness, blondness, bloodlessness, blur, blurriness, cadaverousness, canescence, chalkiness ... show more.

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