Pallor

Quick meaning: Pallor is a noun meaning Unnatural paleness, especially as a sign of sickness or distress.

Meaning

Unnatural paleness, especially as a sign of sickness or distress.

Example Sentences

pallor of the complexion

Over those seamed cheeks there was a certain pallor, a grayness caught from many a vigil

For the rest, his ears were pale, and at the tops extremely pointed; the chin was broad and strong, and the cheeks firm though thin. The general effect was one of extraordinary pallor.

‘Sir,’ said the butler, turning to a sort of mottled pallor, ‘that thing was not my master, and there’s the truth. My master’—here he looked round him and began to whisper—‘is a tall fine build of a man, and this was more of a dwarf.’

Word Forms

• pallors
• pallour

Synonyms for pallor

Depending on context, synonyms include pallidity, wanness, paleness, luridness, lividity, achromasia.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pallidness, wanness, paleness, lividity, lividness, luridness.

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