Pastelike (Adjective)
Meaning
Resembling paste in color; pallid; "he looked pasty and red-eyed"; "a complexion that had been pastelike was now chalky white".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- Her skin had a pastelike quality to it, a faint and lifeless hue that seemed almost translucent.
- The pallid complexion of the invalid had taken on a pastelike appearance after weeks of convalescence.
- The artist mixed the paints to achieve a pastelike tone, one that evoked a sense of dullness and fatigue.
- After a long illness, her once-healthy complexion had become pastelike and drawn, with deep circles under her eyes.
- The pastelike glow of the dawn struggled to penetrate the mist-shrouded landscape, imbuing everything with a faintly eerie quality.