Synonyms for pallor

Grammar : Noun

Spell : pal-er

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpæl ər

Définition of pallor

Origin : c.1400, from Old French palor "paleness, whiteness" (12c.) and directly from Latin pallor, from pallere "be pale, turn pale," related to pallus "dark-colored, dusky," from PIE root *pel- (2) "pale; gray" (cf. Sanskrit palitah "gray," panduh "whitish, pale;" Greek pelios "livid, dark," polios "gray;" Old English fealo "dull-colored, yellow, brown;" Welsh llwyd "gray").

noun paleness

Example sentences :

But the eagerness was all gone from his, and only the pallor left.
Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

The flush of his own heavy meal kept his pallor from showing.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

In the distance he saw a pallor, where the face of the night looked into the palace from the sea.
Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens

Jed's pallor was, for the moment, succeeded by a vivid crimson.
Extract from : « Shavings » by Joseph C. Lincoln

He noted the pallor of her face, and darted me a quick, suspicion-laden glance.
Extract from : « Bardelys the Magnificent » by Rafael Sabatini

Carrier's pallor was of a grey-green from the rage that possessed him.
Extract from : « The Historical Nights' Entertainment » by Rafael Sabatini

A sickly smile came into his face, and seemed to accentuate its pallor.
Extract from : « The Tavern Knight » by Rafael Sabatini

As she looked up at him she saw the pallor of his face change almost to grey.
Extract from : « The Missionary » by George Griffith

His face had lost its pallor, but in his eyes was the same look of glassy bewilderment.
Extract from : « The Vagrant Duke » by George Gibbs

Usually her thin cheeks were almost dead white in their pallor.
Extract from : « The Golden Woman » by Ridgwell Cullum

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