gray skin
Sickly pale hue
Gray skin describes an unhealthy, pallid complexion lacking normal color and vitality.
It suggests illness, exhaustion, poor circulation, or approaching death: His gray skin and sunken eyes told me he hadn't slept in days.
The phrase often appears in descriptions of corpses, the severely ill, or those suffering from shock.
- pallorUnhealthy facial whiteness
- ashenPale, grayish-white
- pale faceBloodless facial appearance
- sallowUnhealthily yellowish complexion
- corpseDeceased human body
dead body · death · illness · zombie · cadaver · bloodless · wan · ghastly · death warmed over · pale · lifeless · cold · clammy · morgue · decay · walking dead · sick · anemic
- anatomybrain, heart, bones, liver, stomach
- skin discolorationvitiligo, melasma, hyperpigmentation, albinism, depigmentation
- death signsrigor mortis, flatline, brain death, dilated pupils, unresponsive
health and vitality
gray skinhealthy glow
Radiant, well-nourished appearance
flushed skin · glowing skin · rosy cheeks · high color · olive skin
gray, grey, grays, greys, grayed, greyed, graying, greying, grayish