exsanguine

9.9

Very pale after losing a lot of blood

adjective
/ɛkˈsæŋɡwɪn/

Specialized

: desangrado

Under the harsh lights, her face looked utterly exsanguine and drained of color.

Examples

The patient appeared exsanguine after the surgery.
His exsanguine complexion worried the doctors.
The artist depicted the ghost as an exsanguine figure drifting through the mist.
The vampire left his victim exsanguine on the cold stone floor.
Under the harsh lights, her face looked utterly exsanguine and drained of color.
His exsanguine complexion worried the doctors.
The patient appeared exsanguine after the surgery.

Synonyms

bloodless

vsexsanguine

3 5.9

Being very pale and weak from illness or shock

is used for actual lack of blood rather than just pale appearance

exsanguinous

vsexsanguine

Specialized

9.9

An animal, person, or tissue that has very little blood and looks very pale

is a broader term for lacking blood beyond only tissues

How Pale

exsanguine

Specialized

9.9

pallid

3 7.5

pale

291 1.0

ruddy

15 5.3

Surface Forms

exsanguine positive

Morphology

exsanguine = sanguine (semi-transparent) = ex + sanguine

Formally analyzable as ex- + sanguine, but most learners know 'sanguine' as 'optimistic' rather than 'blood-related', so the meaning 'bloodless' may not be derivable without specialty knowledge.

Etymology

The word exsanguine comes from the parts ex- ('out') and sanguis ('blood'), so it literally means 'without blood'. That's why exsanguine describes someone or something very pale or drained of blood.