white-faced
Pale with shock
White-faced describes someone or something having a pale or white face.
Applied to people, it typically indicates fear, shock, illness, or strong emotion that has drained color from the complexion: She emerged from the meeting white-faced and trembling.
The term also describes animals with distinctive white facial markings, appearing in species names like the white-faced owl or white-faced heron.
As a compound adjective, it usually takes a hyphen when preceding a noun.
Lacking color intensity
- ashenPale, grayish-white
- blanchedMade white by heat
- terrifiedExtremely frightened
- shockedDeeply startled or appalled
ghostly · drained · pallid · aghast · colorless · bloodless · wan · stricken
Comedic performer in makeup
- mimeWordless expressive performer
- performerOne who entertains audiences
- greasepaintWaxy theatrical cosmetic
- kabukiRitualistic performance for show
geisha · Pierrot · theatrical · painted · powdered · stage · costume · circus
pale
Lacking color intensity
shocked · ghostly · drained · pallid · aghast · colorless · bloodless · wan · stricken · horrified
clown
Comedic performer in makeup
- mimeWordless expressive performer
- performerOne who entertains audiences
- greasepaintWaxy theatrical cosmetic
kabuki · geisha · Pierrot · theatrical · painted · powdered · stage · costume · circus · harlequin
heron
Long-legged waterside bird
saki · hornet · deer · antelope · cattle · Hereford · storm-petrel · monkey · plover · breed
sickly
Prone to poor health
nauseated · clammy · peaked · washed-out · drawn · haggard · weakened · ailing · poorly · greenish
white-facedred-faced
Showing visible embarrassment
flushed · ruddy · rosy-cheeked · florid · blushing
white-facedrosy
Pinkly warm or hopeful
ruddy · glowing · fresh-faced · blooming · sun-kissed
white, faced, face, whiter, whitest, whiten, whiteness, whitish, whites