blanched

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adjective

1. anemic looking from illness or emotion (Freq. 1)
- a face turned ashen
- the invalid's blanched cheeks
- tried to speak with bloodless lips
- a face livid with shock
- "lips...livid with the hue of death"- Mary W. Shelley
- lips white with terror
- a face white with rage
• Syn:
ashen, bloodless, livid, white
• Similar to:
colorless, colourless
• Derivationally related forms:
lividness (for: livid), lividity (for: livid)
2. (especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light
- etiolated celery
• Syn:
etiolate, etiolated
• Similar to:
colorless, colourless
• Topics:
plant, flora, plant life