PASTY Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

pasty

adjective

ˈpā-stē

Definition of pasty

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 These sorta-spicy spud nuggets become pasty and dry in there. — Alex Beggs, Bon Appetit Magazine, 25 Apr. 2026 Amidst the drunk, half-naked and lascivious troupe, Father Vincent O’Keeffe, in his dark black suit and pasty bald pate, strikes an incongruous figure. — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 24 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 See All Example Sentences for pasty

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The pallid grayness of Mike Eley’s cinematography is probably supposed to mimic the finality of HIV/AIDS taking hold, but there’s no passion aesthetically to counterbalance what becomes absolute misery onscreen to watch.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of pallid

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Windows are wide, sightlines are clear, and the palette is of pale stone, natural linens, and weathered cedar.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Sep. 2026
The actress wore a dress from the Lebanese designer’s resort 2027 collection, a pale lilac strapless dress with sheer chiffon fabric encrusted with a bevy of shimmering bugle beads.

— Julia Teti, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2026

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