paleness

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress)
noun the property of having a naturally light complexion
noun being deficient in color

From pale + -ness.

That smile, and ghastly paleness! — Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë
Paleness and morality were certainly akin. — The Passionate Elopement, Compton MacKenzie
When he rose, a ghastly paleness was on his countenance. — The Mysteries of Udolpho, Ann Ward Radcliffe

lividness, lividity, luridness, pallidness, pallor, wanness, achromasia

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