Paleness

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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           The blood the virgin's cheek forsook;
           A livid paleness spreads o'er all her look. --Pope.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  paleness
       n 1: unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or
            sickness or emotional distress) [syn: {lividness}, {lividity},
             {luridness}, {pallidness}, {pallor}, {wanness}, {achromasia}]
       2: the property of having a naturally light complexion [syn: {blondness},
           {fairness}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  142 Moby Thesaurus words for "paleness":
     Hippocratic face, 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,
     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