pallor
Sickly facial whiteness
Pallor is an unhealthy paleness of the skin, typically from illness, fear, or shock.
The word suggests something is wrong—you notice someone's pallor when they look drained or unwell: His pallor alarmed the nurse.
Pallor can also describe anything unusually pale or washed out: the pallor of winter light.
Pale, grayish-white
- wanPale and unwell-looking
- sallowUnhealthily yellowish complexion
- colorlessDevoid of pigmentation
- bloodlessWithout shedding any gore
whitish · pasty · chalky · waxen · drained · ghostly · deathly · cadaverous
Red cell deficiency
- malnutritionDisease from dietary inadequacy
- sicknessBodily disorder or disease
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
- fatigueWeariness from prolonged exertion
fever · nausea · weakness · debility · jaundice · hypotension · consumption · wasting
Red cell deficiency
- leukemiaMalignancy of blood-forming tissues
- hemorrhageProfuse discharge of blood
- blood lossDepletion of vital fluid
- iron deficiencyInsufficient bodily ferritin levels
thalassemia · aplastic · hemoglobin · transfusion · marrow · cyanosis · jaundice · petechiae
Deceased human body
- cadaverBody for dissection
- mortuaryFacility housing corpses
- lifelessDevoid of animation
- death maskMold of deceased's face
rigor · shroud · embalming · funeral · deceased · moribund · terminal · expiring
Intense anticipatory fear
- terrorExtreme, overwhelming fear
- frightSudden intense fear
- horrorExtreme fear or disgust
- shockViolent sudden disturbance
panic · alarm · apprehension · blanching · white-faced · ashen-faced · bloodless · frozen
ashen
Pale, grayish-white
bloodless · whitish · pasty · chalky · waxen · drained · ghostly · deathly · cadaverous · ghastly
anemia
Red cell deficiency
- malnutritionDisease from dietary inadequacy
- sicknessBodily disorder or disease
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
fatigue · fever · nausea · weakness · debility · jaundice · hypotension · consumption · wasting · cachexia
anemia
Red cell deficiency
- leukemiaMalignancy of blood-forming tissues
- hemorrhageProfuse discharge of blood
- blood lossDepletion of vital fluid
iron deficiency · thalassemia · aplastic · hemoglobin · transfusion · marrow · cyanosis · jaundice · petechiae · polycythemia
corpse
Deceased human body
death mask · rigor · shroud · embalming · funeral · deceased · moribund · terminal · expiring · dying
dread
Intense anticipatory fear
shock · panic · alarm · apprehension · blanching · white-faced · ashen-faced · bloodless · frozen · trembling
- Skin Findingslesion, macule, papule, pustule, vesicle
- appearancelooks, attractive, features, beautiful, complexion
- symptomsfever, headache, pain, nausea, rash
- body responsesfight, flight, shivering, freeze, goosebumps
- disgustdisgust, disgusting, disgusted, revulsion, repulsion
- physical traitsheight, build, eye color, hair color, skin tone
pallorruddiness
Reddish skin tone
flush · rosiness · blush · glow · floridness
pallorradiance
Glowing luminous quality
healthy glow · vitality · robustness · vigor · liveliness