What part of speech is complexion?

Complexion can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. complexion is a verb, present, 1st person singular of complexion (infinitive).
  • 2. complexion is a verb (infinitive).
  • 3. complexion is a noun, singular of complexions.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does complexion mean?

Definitions

Verb

complexion - give a certain color to; "The setting sun complexioned the hills"

Noun

complexion - the coloring of a person's face
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
complexion - texture and appearance of the skin of the face
complexion - a combination that results from coupling or interlinking; "diphthongs are complexions of vowels"
complexion - a point of view or general attitude or inclination; "he altered the complexion of his times"; "a liberal political complexion"

Examples of complexion

#   Sentence  
1. noun He altered the complexion of his times.
2. noun A liberal political complexion.
3. noun She's got a fair complexion while her brother is very dark.
4. noun It puts a different complexion on the situation.
5. noun This soap will improve her complexion.
6. noun The sunshine improved his complexion.
7. noun Her girlish complexion belied the fact that she was over forty.
8. noun She has a fair complexion.
9. noun It was her fearfully pale complexion that caught his eye.
10. noun Tom has a dark complexion.
11. noun Kate has a fair complexion, unlike the others in her family.
12. noun Redheads often have a pale complexion and freckles.
13. noun Anne Lisbeth was a beautiful young woman, with a red and white complexion, glittering white teeth, and clear soft eyes; and her footstep was light in the dance, but her mind was lighter still.
14. noun Tom has a light complexion.
15. noun She has a pale complexion.
Sentence  
noun
He altered the complexion of his times.
A liberal political complexion.
She's got a fair complexion while her brother is very dark.
It puts a different complexion on the situation.
This soap will improve her complexion.
The sunshine improved his complexion.
Her girlish complexion belied the fact that she was over forty.
She has a fair complexion.
It was her fearfully pale complexion that caught his eye.
Tom has a dark complexion.
Kate has a fair complexion, unlike the others in her family.
Redheads often have a pale complexion and freckles.
Anne Lisbeth was a beautiful young woman, with a red and white complexion, glittering white teeth, and clear soft eyes; and her footstep was light in the dance, but her mind was lighter still.
Tom has a light complexion.
She has a pale complexion.

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