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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
(ambitransitive, rare) To make or become dry or desiccated, like chalk.
When he was half way to the vine-covered porch, the screen door opened quickly and Justina stepped forth. One look at her chalkened face served to inform the young physician that she was frightened.
The group moved away from the main windows lest an observer psyche out their plot. The terror began to chalken Candy's face.
"[…] Roundabout lay dozens of corpses, decayed, chalkened, dried to mummies, stiffened in an uncanny Toten-tanz."
Use chalken when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Chalken means (ambitransitive, rare) To make or become dry or desiccated, like chalk.
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
When he was half way to the vine-covered porch, the screen door opened quickly and Justina stepped forth. One look at her chalkened face served to inform the young physician that she was frightened.
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