blanched English

Meaning blanched meaning

What does blanched mean?

blanched

— adjective (= ashen, bloodless, livid, white) anemic looking from illness or emotion a face turned ashen the invalid's blanched cheeks tried to speak with bloodless lips a face livid with shock lips...livid with the hue of death — Mary W. Shelley lips white with terror a face white with rage

— adjective (= etiolate, etiolated) (especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light etiolated celery

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bloodless

livid

ashen

white

pallid

pale

etiolated

etiolate

colourless

unpigmented

uncoloured

uncolored

sallow

pasty

palefaced

neutral

hueless

haggard

green

colorless

bland

achromic