complexion
IPA: kʌmpˈɛkʃʌn
noun
- (obsolete, medicine) The combination of humours making up one's physiological "temperament", being either hot or cold, and moist or dry.
- The quality, colour, or appearance of the skin on the face.
- (figuratively) The outward appearance of something.
- Outlook, attitude, or point of view.
- (loanword, especially in scientific works translated from German) An arrangement.
verb
- (transitive) To give a colour to.
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Examples of "complexion" in Sentences
- Her complexion is very pale and wan.
- That changes the complexion of the race.
- The complexion of his face was cheerless.
- She is someone of the darkest complexion.
- Tiqur is someone of the darkest complexion.
- However, the complexions of the children varied.
- Virile young men of very dark complexion fascinated him.
- After order was restored the complexion of the game changed.
- In 1937, the complexion of life for the Yangtze gunboats changed.
- His complexion was swarthy, his hair dark, and his eyes bright and piercing.