chalky
2
2.5
- adjective
- /ˈtʃɔːki/
:
pálido
- Corinne had the telephone in her hand, but her mouth had grown chalky and her tongue felt dry and swollen.
- chalky skin
- chalky face
- chalky white
It just does not come off white or chalky whatsoever and it's beautiful.
- It just does not come off white or chalky whatsoever and it's beautiful.
- It just looks like this, so it's quite chalky.
- If you're looking for an intense highlight, but that doesn't look like chalky or too textured, the Milk Makeup Lit Flex highlight.
Examples
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Daylight and Ben's chalky face.
Fiction book (2002) -
So we're just keeping that really chalky, pastely soft thing going.
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Now the light has changed and it's chalky white.
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It's like pink chalky cream in water.
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This one looks a little bit pale and too chalky for my skin tone, so I really hope, Oh yeah, this one's good.
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Her father's bald head seemed pale, her mother's hair chalky instead of silver; her own hands looked white and papery when she stretched them out on her thighs.
Fiction book (1993) -
I couldn't help noticing most of us were frail and flat-chested, our skin bluish and chalky.
Fiction book (1999) -
I took a brief glimpse of her chalky pale skin and frail eyes, just as I felt a flood of fleeting tears streaming down my cheek.
Fiction book (2001) -
The walls were painted a chalky white, making the room feel bright and airy.
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She noticed the chalky white dust settling on the furniture after the renovation.
Synonyms
291
1.0
Has very light color and often looks sick or afraid
15
1.0
A pale yellowish-white color like light butter
8
2.5
Having a pale yellowish-white color like fresh cream
4
1.6
Light in color, slightly pale like milk
1
2.7
A pale yellow-white color like fresh cream
Pale, cloudy white in color
Very pale skin that looks unhealthy, often like after being ill
Having a light color that is not bright
A light color that is not strong
Pale yellowish white like fresh cream
Antonyms
How White
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Chalky comes from chalk, the soft white rock used for writing, and because chalk is very pale, 'chalky' describes a very white or pale color, like a face gone pale with shock or walls that look faded and white.