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- Dictionarypallor/ˈpalə/
noun
- 1. an unhealthy pale appearance: "the deathlike pallor of his face"
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the condition of being pale: The pallor of his skin contrasted with his dark hair.
: deficiency of color especially of the face : paleness. The boy's sickly pallor concerned his parents. Examples of pallor in a Sentence. Recent Examples on the Web Such is the pallor of grisly discoveries in Northern Ireland.
Pallor definition: unusual or extreme paleness, as from fear, ill health, or death; wanness.. See examples of PALLOR used in a sentence.
When you’ve got the flu, that pale, sickly color of your skin is called a pallor. Other causes of pallor include shock, stress, or 10 days spent indoors trying to beat your new video game.
the condition of being pale: The pallor of his skin contrasted with his dark hair.
1. pallor - unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress) achromasia, lividness, paleness, pallidness, wanness, luridness, lividity. complexion, skin color, skin colour - the coloring of a person's face.
noun. /ˈpælə (r)/ /ˈpælər/ [uncountable] a pale colour of the face, especially because of illness or fear. Her cheeks had an unhealthy pallor. He had a sickly pallor. the deathly pallor of her face. Topics Health problems c2. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Word Origin. Want to learn more?
If you refer to the pallor of someone's face or skin, you mean that it is pale and unhealthy. The deathly pallor of her skin had been replaced by the faintest flush of color. [ + of ]
Noun. Filter. noun. Unnatural paleness, as of the face, associated with poor health, fear, etc. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Synonyms: lividness. lividity. achromasia. pallidness. luridness. wanness. paleness. lack of color. whiteness. Other Word Forms of Pallor. Noun. Singular: pallor. Plural: pallors. Origin of Pallor.
The earliest known use of the noun pallor is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for pallor is from before 1400, in the Midland Prose Psalter.
