Synonyms of pasty

pasty

adjective

ˈpā-stē 

as in pallid

lacking a healthy skin color

she's pasty after a whole winter spent indoors

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pallid
• pale
• paled
• doughy
• ashy
• ashen
• cadaverous
• sick
• blanched
• wan
• white
• mealy
• livid
• lurid
• sallow
• waxy
• peaked
• sickly
• waxen
• anemic
• untanned
• whitened
• sallowish
• bloodless
• white-faced
• whey-faced

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• red
• ruddy
• rosy
• sanguine
• florid
• glowing
• flush
• blooming
• pink
• rubicund
• full-blooded
• flushed
• blushing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pasty

The title also refers, in a fond way, to the pasty white substance that can cling along with blood to a baby’s scalp just after its birth. — Literary Hub, 12 Mar. 2026

The homeowners’ cheery red faces transformed to pasty white. — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 3 Feb. 2026

Because Teddy believes that the woman sitting before him, freshly shorn and covered in pasty white lotion, is not of this Earth. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025

While the more pasty, gel-like substance took longer to soak in and way longer to dry, its effectiveness was worth the wait. — Rachel Chang, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Aug. 2025