/kʌmpɛˈkʃʌnz/ - [kumpekshunz] -
We found 3 definitions of complexions from 2 different sources.
NounPlural: complexions |
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complexion - the coloring of a person's face | ||
skin color, skin colour | ||
coloring, colouring, color, colour the act or process of changing the color of something | ||
blondness, paleness, fairness being deficient in color | ||
ruddiness, rosiness a healthy reddish complexion | ||
achromasia, lividness, pallidness, pallor, wanness, lividity, luridness, paleness unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress) | ||
sallowness a sickly yellowish skin color | ||
tawniness the quality or state of being the color of tanned leather; "the tawniness of his complexion" | ||
swarthiness, duskiness, darkness a swarthy complexion | ||
complexion - (obsolete) a combination of elements (of dryness and warmth or of the four humors) that was once believed to determine a person's health and temperament | ||
nature the complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions; "it is his nature to help others" | ||
complexion - texture and appearance of the skin of the face | ||
visual aspect, appearance the act of appearing in public view; "the rookie made a brief appearance in the first period"; "it was Bernhardt's last appearance in America" | ||
complexion - a combination that results from coupling or interlinking; "diphthongs are complexions of vowels" | ||
combination the act of combining things to form a new whole | ||
complexion - a point of view or general attitude or inclination; "he altered the complexion of his times"; "a liberal political complexion" | ||
Verb |
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complexion - give a certain color to; "The setting sun complexioned the hills" | ||
tinct, tint, tinge, touch color lightly; "her greying hair was tinged blond"; "the leaves were tinged red in November" |