- waxen complexion
- мед.фраз. восковой цвет лица
Англо-русский медицинский словарь. 2012.
Англо-русский медицинский словарь. 2012.
complexion — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. hue, color, tinge, tint; skin texture; aspect, appearance. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Appearance] Syn. aspect, semblance, character; see appearance 1 , 2 , character 1 . 2. [Skin coloring] Syn. tone,… … English dictionary for students
pale — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. wan, waxen, ashy, ashen, colorless, bloodless; light, blond; faint, dim, vague; sickly. See colorlessness, dimness.Ant., colorful; ruddy. v. i. whiten, blanch, blench; fade, dim. n. stake, picket;… … English dictionary for students
waxy — adjective (waxier; est) Date: 1552 1. made of, abounding in, or covered with wax ; waxen < a waxy surface > < waxy berries > 2. resembling wax: as a. readily shaped or molded b. marked by smooth or lustrous whiteness … New Collegiate Dictionary
ashen — adjective an ashen complexion Syn: pale, wan, pasty, gray, ashy, colorless, sallow, pallid, anemic, white, waxen, ghostly, pale faced, bloodless; rare etiolated, lymphatic See note at pale II 2 … Thesaurus of popular words