'Paleness' definitions:
Definition of 'paleness'
(from WordNet)
noun
Unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress) [syn: lividness, lividity, luridness, paleness, pallidness, pallor, wanness, achromasia]
noun
noun
Being deficient in color [syn: paleness, pallidity]
Definition of 'Paleness'
From: GCIDE
- Paleness \Pale"ness\, n. The quality or condition of being pale; want of freshness or ruddiness; a sickly whiteness; lack of color or luster; wanness. [1913 Webster]
- The blood the virgin's cheek forsook; A livid paleness spreads o'er all her look. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'paleness'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- achroma,
- achromasia,
- achromatosis,
- albescence,
- albinism,
- albino,
- albinoism,
- anemia,
- aridity,
- ashiness,
- barrenness,
- bleariness,
- blondness,
- bloodlessness,
- blur,
- blurriness,
- cadaverousness,
- canescence,
- chalkiness,
- characterlessness,
- chloranemia,
- colorlessness,
- corpselikeness,
- creaminess,
- darkness,
- deadliness,
- deadness,
- deathlikeness,
- deathliness,
- deathly hue,
- deathly pallor,
- defocus,
- dimness,
- dismalness,
- dragginess,
- dreariness,
- dryness,
- dullness,
- dustiness,
- eeriness,
- effeteness,
- emptiness,
- etiolation,
- exsanguination,
- facies Hippocratica,
- fadedness,
- faintness,
- fairness,
- feebleness,
- filminess,
- flatness,
- fogginess,
- frostiness,
- fuzziness,
- ghastliness,
- ghostlikeness,
- ghostliness,
- glaucescence,
- glaucousness,
- grisliness,
- grizzliness,
- gruesomeness,
- haggardness,
- half-visibility,
- haziness,
- heaviness,
- Hippocratic face,
- hoariness,
- hollowness,
- hypochromia,
- hypochromic anemia,
- inanity,
- indefiniteness,
- indistinctness,
- indistinguishability,
- inexcitability,
- insipidity,
- insipidness,
- jejunity,
- lactescence,
- leadenness,
- leukoderma,
- lifelessness,
- lightness,
- lividness,
- low profile,
- lowness of spirit,
- luridness,
- macabreness,
- mask of death,
- milkiness,
- mistiness,
- muddiness,
- obscurity,
- pallidity,
- pallidness,
- pallor,
- pastiness,
- pearliness,
- pointlessness,
- pokiness,
- ponderousness,
- prison pallor,
- sallowness,
- semivisibility,
- shadowiness,
- sickliness,
- sickly hue,
- silver,
- silveriness,
- slowness,
- snowiness,
- soft focus,
- solemnity,
- spiritlessness,
- sterility,
- stiffness,
- stodginess,
- stuffiness,
- superficiality,
- tastelessness,
- tediousness,
- uncanniness,
- uncertainty,
- unclearness,
- unearthliness,
- uninterestingness,
- unliveliness,
- unplainness,
- vague appearance,
- vagueness,
- vapidity,
- vapidness,
- vitiligo,
- wanness,
- weakness,
- weirdness,
- white,
- white race,
- whiteness,
- whitishness,
- woodenness