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
The homeowners’ cheery red faces transformed to pasty white.
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Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 24 Jan. 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
Myers, the talent behind Wednesday’s roommate, Enid Sinclair, in the show, conversely, kept a pasty, pale visage, drawing attention to her deep plum lipstick.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 6 Aug. 2025
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Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 24 Jan. 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
Myers, the talent behind Wednesday’s roommate, Enid Sinclair, in the show, conversely, kept a pasty, pale visage, drawing attention to her deep plum lipstick.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 6 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pasty
Adjective
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Out of the bloodstains shone a pair of bright blue eyes, and a heart was beating under the pallid skin that looked several sizes too big.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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Three weeks after that hit that sent a crowd of 75,261 at Empower Field into a pallid silence, Bryant is ever the same.—
Joe Nguyen,
Denver Post,
17 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Flowers are not spectacular but attractive enough with pale mauve and tan petals.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
21 Mar. 2026
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But what was served up were stale, pale sketches that seemed to have been exhumed from some old codger’s book of gags from 19 bloody 50!—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
21 Mar. 2026
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“Pasty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pasty. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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