as in pallid
lacking a healthy skin color
she's pasty after a whole winter spent indoors
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Recent Examples of pasty
Think rich and almost pasty for spot concealer and something light, fluid, and buildable for circles.
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Petra Guglielmetti, Glamour, 2 Apr. 2025
This lotion may be better suited as an overnight treatment than a quick daytime fix because of its pink hue and pasty texture.
—Deanna Pai, Allure, 23 Dec. 2024
Concerns over his physical shape had already come to the fore over the summer after paparazzi pictures revealed a pasty complexion and an overweight figure.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 6 Feb. 2023
Not only are you supposed to use the two-finger rule to measure your SPF accurately, but many of the ones on the market also make a laundry list of promises only to leave you with a pasty white cast or a glob of grease.
—Nerisha Penrose, ELLE, 31 Dec. 2022
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Adjective
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In other words, our complexion is looking pallid, our skin is dry, and our overall appearance is just a little blah at the moment.—
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And try to summon, from our pallid, hazy situation, vistas of the sort that draw so sweet and pure a gaze.—
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Egg yolks can range in color from pale yellow to deep orange.—
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Think pale hues with a sober gray tint or tranquil neutrals.—
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“Pasty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pasty. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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