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
Then pasty and gummy will give way to silky and stretchy.
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Sunset Magazine, 16 Nov. 2022
My flight into Granada terminated at a windswept, arid airport whose women’s room stalls featured photos of the Alhambra’s towers and flowers on their pasty white walls.
—Maria C. Hunt, WSJ, 3 Sep. 2022
Mineral sunscreen typically comes in lotion form, and the zinc oxide creates a thick, pasty texture and can leave a white cast (though new brands have mastered the invisible zinc formula, thank goodness).
—Sarah Madaus, SELF, 26 Aug. 2022
His newest villain is barely a character, and the eerily pasty Goldmember mostly just feels like an excuse for Myers to don more weird prosthetics.
—Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 19 July 2022
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Sunset Magazine, 16 Nov. 2022
My flight into Granada terminated at a windswept, arid airport whose women’s room stalls featured photos of the Alhambra’s towers and flowers on their pasty white walls.
—Maria C. Hunt, WSJ, 3 Sep. 2022
Mineral sunscreen typically comes in lotion form, and the zinc oxide creates a thick, pasty texture and can leave a white cast (though new brands have mastered the invisible zinc formula, thank goodness).
—Sarah Madaus, SELF, 26 Aug. 2022
His newest villain is barely a character, and the eerily pasty Goldmember mostly just feels like an excuse for Myers to don more weird prosthetics.
—Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 19 July 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pasty
Adjective
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Robert Vaughn is a particularly pallid villain, and the movie’s case against computers, uh, hasn’t aged too well.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
11 July 2025
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Rickman’s Snape was almost cartoonish with his hawk nose and long, straight black hair and pallid skin.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
Adjective
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In one scene captured on video, several bloodied children, including a girl in a pale pink princess dress, along with her twin brother, were piled onto a donkey cart to be taken to Al-Aqsa Hospital.—
Aurora Almendral,
NBC news,
10 July 2025
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Three massive, tree-like sculptures made of pale wood rise to the ceiling, dividing the room from the inviting bar.—
Irene S. Levine,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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“Pasty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pasty. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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