Complexion
[kəm'plekʃ(ə)n] or [kəm'plɛkʃən]
Definition
(noun.) (obsolete) a combination of elements (of dryness and warmth or of the four humors) that was once believed to determine a person's health and temperament.
(noun.) texture and appearance of the skin of the face.
(noun.) the coloring of a person's face.
(noun.) a point of view or general attitude or inclination; 'he altered the complexion of his times'; 'a liberal political complexion'.
(noun.) a combination that results from coupling or interlinking; 'diphthongs are complexions of vowels'.
(verb.) give a certain color to; 'The setting sun complexioned the hills'.
Inputed by Kari--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The state of being complex; complexity.
(n.) A combination; a complex.
(n.) The bodily constitution; the temperament; habitude, or natural disposition; character; nature.
(n.) The color or hue of the skin, esp. of the face.
(n.) The general appearance or aspect; as, the complexion of the sky; the complexion of the news.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Color, hue, or tint (of the face).[2]. Appearance, aspect, look.
Checker: Michelle
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Face, aspect, color, look, feature, appearance, character, hue, interpretation,indication
ANT:Unindicativeness, concealment, reticence, inexpression, heart, core
Checked by Annabelle
Definition
n. disposition: colour: quality: colour or look of the skin esp. of the face: general appearance temperament or texture: (Shak.) bodily constitution.—v.t. to give a colour to.—adjs. Complex′ional pertaining to the complexion; Complex′ioned having a certain complexion or temperament; Complex′ionless colourless: pale.
Edited by Julius
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream that you have a beautiful complexion is lucky. You will pass through pleasing incidents. To dream that you have bad and dark complexion, denotes disappointment and sickness.
Editor: Lucius
Unserious Contents or Definition
Color for the face. From Eng. complex, difficult, and shun, to avoid. To avoid difficulty, buy it of the druggist.
Edited by Babbage
Examples
- I suppose you admire a man with the complexion of a cochon de lait. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I cannot separate Miss Fairfax and her complexion. Jane Austen. Emma.
- His complexion became pale with anger, and the disturbance of his mind was visible in every feature. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- She was a lady of about fifty, I should think, youthfully dressed, and of a very fine complexion. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- A glow rested on them, such as tinged her complexion. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It was a gentleman of a dark complexion--a young surgeon. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- As he never spoke a word, he might have been a native but for his complexion. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Nothing could be more becoming to your complexion than that ruffian's rouge. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Emma would not agree to this, and began a warm defence of Miss Fairfax's complexion. Jane Austen. Emma.
- He was a fat old gentleman with a false complexion, false teeth, false whiskers, and a wig. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- A superb woman, Mr. Blake, of the sort that are not to be trifled with--the sort with the light complexion and the Roman nose. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The lady's complexion was almost swarthy, and the dark down on her upper lip was almost a moustache. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Her complexion was sallow and unhealthy, her cheeks thin, her features sharp, and her whole form emaciated. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Oh, they are for my sister, who has quite a different complexion. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Her hair was of a rich, dark auburn, her complexion fair, and her figure slight and graceful. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Souls have complexions too: what will suit one will not suit another. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Oh, you naughty man--but really, if their complexions were a little better, don't you think they would be nice-looking girls--by candlelight? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- If you were to blush every time they went by, what complexions you would have! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- But what are our complexions and our looks? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- And so do those of contrary complexions; for that which is too much for a phlegmatic man is not sufficient for a choleric. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
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