Definitions

complexion

[kuhm-plek-shuhn] / kəmˈplɛk ʃən /

NOUN

appearance of facial skin

Synonyms

STRONG

color coloration coloring pigmentation skin skin tone tint tone

WEAK

cast face hue texture tinge

NOUN

general nature of something

Synonyms

STRONGEST

character nature

STRONG

aspect quality

Example Sentences

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Bullard wrote a book, “The Wrong Complexion for Protection” in 2012 with another environmental and climate justice expert, Beverly Wright, about how federal responses to disasters often exclude black communities.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 16, 2022

I use a little bit of concealer, mascara and then Complexion Rescue by BareMinerals.

From New York Times • Oct. 2, 2018

Complexion in Shakespeare’s time was a measurement of both beauty and virtue.

From Slate • Nov. 11, 2015

Complexion, previous skin diseases or a predisposition to shingles or other allergens apparently have nothing to do with the sensitivity to adhesive plaster found in one out of every hundred normal men, women & children.

From Time Magazine Archive

They are all of a fair Complexion, and there are among them the finest Faces in the World.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume I Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von

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