pastiness
- noun
- /ˈpeɪstɪnəs/
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palidez
- The artist chose to depict the model's pastiness to capture her ethereal beauty.
Examples
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His pastiness was evident after spending a long winter indoors without sunlight.
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To highlight their pastiness, women artistically drew themselves additional veins with blue grease pencils or a paste made of chalk, gum arabic, water, and blue dye.
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The character’s pastiness suggested a life spent in shadowy places, far from the sun.
Synonyms
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3.7
A very light color like fresh snow
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A face that looks very light in colour because of illness, fear, or lack of sun
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A pale color often seen in hair or curtains
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A plain, dull appearance with no bright color or style
A pale look showing little normal color in the skin
A pale, weak look that lacks strong color or energy
A paleness of the skin caused by illness or strong emotion
A pale gray powdery look that shows on skin or things
A white cloudy appearance like a thin white liquid
A sickly yellow or pale colour of the skin
Antonyms
How Pale
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Pastiness comes from paste, 'a soft dough', and the adjective pasty, which came to suggest something 'pale' like uncooked dough, so thinking 'pale as dough' helps you remember that pastiness means a pale, dull, or whitish look.