Waxlike (Adjective)
Meaning
Having the paleness of wax; "the poor face with the same awful waxen pallor"- Bram Stoker; "the soldier turned his waxlike features toward him"; "a thin face with a waxy paleness".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The patient's skin had a waxlike quality to it, a pale and clammy texture that seemed almost translucent.
- Her face was deathly pale, with a waxlike complexion that seemed to glow in the dim light of the room.
- The old man's features were waxlike and gaunt, his eyes sunken into his skull like two dark pits.
- The actress's makeup gave her a waxlike sheen, a smooth and flawless finish that seemed almost artificial.
- The victim's body was found with a waxlike pallor, a pale and waxy complexion that seemed to suggest a long and painful death.