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
This lotion may be better suited as an overnight treatment than a quick daytime fix because of its pink hue and pasty texture.
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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
Then pasty and gummy will give way to silky and stretchy.
—Sunset Magazine, 16 Nov. 2022
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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
Then pasty and gummy will give way to silky and stretchy.
—Sunset Magazine, 16 Nov. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pasty
Adjective
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Morfydd Clark, pallid at first, has some emotive scenes at the wedding when Ophelia rails at Hamlet for turning away from her.—
Caryn James,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Aug. 2025
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Yet senior test kitchen editor Jesse Szewczyk recently took one of those pallid lumps and coaxed utter brilliance from it.—
Chris Morocco,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
14 Aug. 2025
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With pale, irregular surfaces dotted with black bits of char, the homely slabs aren’t much to look at, but the first bite packs a big smoky punch that only grows with each subsequent chew.—
Robert F. Moss,
Southern Living,
17 Sep. 2025
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Create a neutral fall display by grouping elegant white and pale-orange pumpkins.—
Maria Sabella,
Better Homes & Gardens,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Pasty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pasty. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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