pallor

«pallor» in Mova's school dictionary: Unhealthy paleness of the face or skin, from illness… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (pallor, uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

Unhealthy paleness of the face or skin, from illness, fear, shock or tiredness. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories and descriptions, "pallor" is a strong, slightly formal word to show a character is ill, frightened or ghostly. Doctors and nurses notice pallor as a sign of illness or blood loss. Phrases: a deathly pallor, a sickly pallor.

examples

• His pallor showed he had not slept. tree →
• The patient's pallor worried the doctor. tree →
• A deathly pallor spread across her face when she saw the ghost. tree →
• After the long winter, his pallor was gone. tree →
• The vampire in the book had a strange pallor. tree →
• Her pallor faded as she drank some sweet tea. tree →

note

Uncountable; formal and descriptive. Similar to "paleness". Spelling ends in -or, not -our (it is not "pallour").

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «pallor» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.