pastier
Looking more ashen
Pastier is the comparative form of pasty, meaning more pale or unhealthy-looking in complexion: He looked even pastier after a week indoors.
The word rhymes with "nastier," not with the Cornish meat pie.
Unhealthily lacking color
- wanPale and unwell-looking
- sallowUnhealthily yellowish complexion
- ashenPale, grayish-white
- paleLacking color intensity
chalky · colorless · blanched · whitish · waxen · peaked · drained · bloodless
Not yet prepared thermally
- unbakedNever heated through
- rawIn original state
- flouryCovered with grain dust
- starchyContaining complex carbohydrates
soft · sticky · gummy · gluey · heavy · dense · underdone · soggy
Lacking original vibrancy
- bleachedHad color removed
- dimmerLight intensity regulator
- dullerMore lacking in edge
- lighterComparative of not heavy
muted · fainter · paler · grayer · whitened · desaturated · sun-faded · colorless
Ghostlike or wavelength-related
- etherealDelicate beyond earthly measure
- wraithlikeResembling a ghost
- phantomlikeResembling a specter
- translucentPermitting diffused light passage
otherworldly · deathlike · corpselike · haunting · eerie · unearthly · supernatural · apparitional
pallid
Unhealthily lacking color
pale · chalky · colorless · blanched · whitish · waxen · peaked · drained · bloodless · anemic
uncooked
Not yet prepared thermally
starchy · soft · sticky · gummy · gluey · heavy · dense · underdone · soggy · clammy
washed-out
Lacking original vibrancy
lighter · muted · fainter · paler · grayer · whitened · desaturated · sun-faded · colorless · lackluster
spectral
Ghostlike or wavelength-related
- etherealDelicate beyond earthly measure
- wraithlikeResembling a ghost
- phantomlikeResembling a specter
translucent · otherworldly · deathlike · corpselike · haunting · eerie · unearthly · supernatural · apparitional · shadowy
- copying and pastingDuplicating content between locations
- Cornish pastiesFolded pastry with filling
- wheat pastingAdhering paper with starch mixture