pallor

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: pal=lor

CIDE DICTIONARY

pallor, n. [L., fr. pallere to be or look pale. See Pale, a.].

 Paleness; want of color; pallidity; as, pallor of the complexion.  Jer. Taylor.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

pallor, n. pallidness, paleness.

Etymology

L f. pallere be pale

THESAURUS

pallor

Hippocratic face, achromatism, anemia, aridity, ashiness, barrenness, bloodlessness, cadaverousness, cast, characterlessness, chloranemia, chromatism, chromism, color, color balance, color harmony, color scheme, coloration, coloring, colorlessness, complexion, corpselikeness, deadliness, deadness, deathlikeness, deathliness, deathly hue, deathly pallor, decorator color, dimness, dismalness, dragginess, dreariness, dryness, dullness, dustiness, eeriness, effeteness, emptiness, etiolation, exsanguination, facies Hippocratica, fadedness, faintness, fairness, flatness, ghastliness, ghostlikeness, ghostliness, grisliness, gruesomeness, haggardness, heaviness, hollowness, hue, hypochromia, hypochromic anemia, inanity, inexcitability, insipidity, insipidness, jejunity, key, leadenness, lifelessness, lightness, lividness, lowness of spirit, luridness, macabreness, mask of death, muddiness, natural color, paleness, pallidity, pallidness, pastiness, pointlessness, pokiness, ponderousness, prison pallor, sallowness, shade, sickliness, sickly hue, skin color, slowness, solemnity, spiritlessness, sterility, stiffness, stodginess, stuffiness, superficiality, tastelessness, tediousness, tinct, tincture, tinge, tint, tone, uncanniness, undercolor, unearthliness, uninterestingness, unliveliness, vapidity, vapidness, wanness, weakness, weirdness, woodenness

ROGET THESAURUS

pallor

Achromatism

N achromatism, decoloration, discoloration, pallor, pallidness, pallidity, paleness, etiolation, neutral tint, monochrome, black and white, uncolored &c (color), colorless, achromatic, aplanatic, etiolate, etiolated, hueless, pale, pallid, palefaced, tallow-faced, faint, dull, cold, muddy, leaden, dun, wan, sallow, dead, dingy, ashy, ashen, ghastly, cadaverous, glassy, lackluster, discolored, light-colored, fair, blond, white, pale as death, pale as ashes, pale as a witch, pale as a ghost, pale as a corpse, white as a corpse.