adjective
1. anemic looking from illness or emotion (Freq. 1)
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a face turned ashen
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the invalid's blanched cheeks
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tried to speak with bloodless lips
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a face livid with shock
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"lips...livid with the hue of death"- Mary W. Shelley
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lips white with terror
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a face white with rage
• Similar to: ↑colorless, ↑colourless
2. (especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light
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etiolated celery
• Similar to: ↑colorless, ↑colourless
• Topics: ↑plant, ↑flora, ↑plant life
Useful english dictionary. 2012.