| complexion | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. complexion, skin color, skin colour | the coloring of a person's face. |
| ~ color, coloring, colouring, colour | a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect.; "a white color is made up of many different wavelengths of light" |
| ~ blondness, paleness, fairness | the property of having a naturally light complexion. |
| ~ ruddiness, rosiness | a healthy reddish complexion. |
| ~ achromasia, lividness, paleness, pallidness, pallor, wanness, lividity, luridness | 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. |
| ~ whiteness | lightness or fairness of complexion.; "only the whiteness of her cheeks gave any indication of the stress from which she was suffering" |
| n. (group) | 2. complexion | a combination that results from coupling or interlinking.; "diphthongs are complexions of vowels" |
| ~ combination | a collection of things that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualities. |
| n. (cognition) | 3. complexion | a point of view or general attitude or inclination.; "he altered the complexion of his times"; "a liberal political complexion" |
| ~ point of view, standpoint, viewpoint, stand | a mental position from which things are viewed.; "we should consider this problem from the viewpoint of the Russians"; "teaching history gave him a special point of view toward current events" |
| n. (attribute) | 4. complexion | texture and appearance of the skin of the face. |
| ~ appearance, visual aspect | outward or visible aspect of a person or thing. |
| n. (attribute) | 5. 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" |
| ~ archaicism, archaism | the use of an archaic expression. |
| v. (change) | 6. 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" |
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