pasty

adjective

ˈpā-stē How to pronounce pasty (audio)
Definition of pastynext
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 Bad lemon curd is pasty, grainy, curdled or tooth-achingly sweet. — Jolene Thym, Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for pasty
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pasty
  1. pallid
  2. pale
Adjective
  • Young people in particular have soured on the technology over the last year, a development that may at least partially be explained by a pallid entry-level job market.
    — T.M. Brown, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026
  • This mordant melange takes off from the opening sequence, when Niaz finds himself at a casting call for an indie directed by Aza (Elene Mausuradze), an androgynous female director with the pallid look of a Tim Burton extra.
    — Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of pallid
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  • Still, all the traumas that informed the album pale in comparison to losing Snider in November 2025.
    — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 15 Aug. 2026
  • And all the colorways are so cute, from the pale blue and gray to the unexpected burgundy and violet combo.
    — Cheryl Wagemann, InStyle, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of pale

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