PASTY Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

pasty

adjective

ˈpā-stē

Definition of pasty next

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. —

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

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 See All Example Sentences for pasty

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Adjective

Opponents of the proposal want the county to consider different locations for the park site, arguing the project may harm a variety of native species to the area, including the western spadefoot toad and pallid bats.

— Hannah Elsmore, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 May 2026
While disrupting the business of an American multinational company may seem a pallid response to the destruction of an Iranian primary school where more than a hundred children were killed, such asymmetric attacks in the physical and digital realms have been a feature of this conflict.

— Sue Halpern, New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2026