'Complexion' definitions:
Definition of 'complexion'
(from WordNet)
noun
The coloring of a person's face [syn: complexion, skin color, skin colour]
noun
A combination that results from coupling or interlinking; "diphthongs are complexions of vowels"
noun
A point of view or general attitude or inclination; "he altered the complexion of his times"; "a liberal political complexion"
noun
Texture and appearance of the skin of the face
noun
(obsolete) a combination of elements (of dryness and warmth or of the four humors) that was once believed to determine a person's health and temperament
verb
Give a certain color to; "The setting sun complexioned the hills"
Definition of 'Complexion'
From: GCIDE
- Complexion \Com*plex"ion\ (k[o^]m*pl[e^]k"sh[u^]n), n. [F. complexion, fr. L. complexio. See Complex, a.]
- 1. The state of being complex; complexity. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Though the terms of propositions may be complex, yet . . . it is properly called a simple syllogism, since the complexion does not belong to the syllogistic form of it. --I. Watts. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A combination; a complex. [Archaic] [1913 Webster]
- This paragraph is . . . a complexion of sophisms. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]
- 3. The bodily constitution; the temperament; habitude, or natural disposition; character; nature. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- If his complexion incline him to melancholy. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- It is the complexion of them all to leave the dam. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. The color or hue of the skin, esp. of the face. [1913 Webster]
- Tall was her stature, her complexion dark. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster]
- Between the pale complexion of true love, And the red glow of scorn and proud disdain. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 5. The general appearance or aspect; as, the complexion of the sky; the complexion of the news. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'complexion'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- achromatism,
- air,
- ambiversion,
- bearing,
- body-build,
- brand,
- brow,
- carriage,
- cast,
- cast of countenance,
- character,
- characteristic,
- characteristics,
- chromatism,
- chromism,
- color,
- color balance,
- color harmony,
- color scheme,
- coloration,
- coloring,
- composition,
- constituents,
- constitution,
- countenance,
- crasis,
- cycloid personality,
- cyclothymia,
- decorator color,
- demeanor,
- dharma,
- diathesis,
- disposition,
- ectomorphism,
- ectomorphy,
- endomorphism,
- endomorphy,
- ethos,
- extroversion,
- extrovertedness,
- face,
- facial appearance,
- fashion,
- favor,
- feature,
- features,
- fiber,
- form,
- frame,
- garb,
- genius,
- grain,
- guise,
- habit,
- hue,
- humor,
- humors,
- ilk,
- individualism,
- individuality,
- ingoingness,
- introversion,
- introvertedness,
- key,
- kind,
- lineaments,
- lines,
- looks,
- makeup,
- manner,
- mesomorphism,
- mesomorphy,
- mien,
- mode,
- mold,
- natural color,
- nature,
- other-directedness,
- outgoingness,
- pallor,
- personality,
- personality tendency,
- physiognomy,
- physique,
- port,
- posture,
- presence,
- property,
- quality,
- schizoid personality,
- schizothymia,
- shade,
- shape,
- skin color,
- somatotype,
- sort,
- spirit,
- stamp,
- stance,
- streak,
- stripe,
- style,
- suchness,
- syntony,
- system,
- temper,
- temperament,
- tendency,
- tenor,
- tinct,
- tincture,
- tinge,
- tint,
- tone,
- traits,
- turn,
- type,
- undercolor,
- vein,
- visage,
- way