complexionnoun [ C ]
uk/kəmˈplek.ʃən/us/kəmˈplek.ʃən/complexion noun [ C ] (FACE)
C2 the natural appearance of the skin on a person's face, especially its colour or quality:
a dark/fair complexion
a healthy/clear/spotty complexion
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The skin, & skin colour
- beauty spot
- blanch
- coloring
- cutaneous
- dermatome
- dermis
- drain
- follicle
- goosebumps
- half-caste
- ink
- jaundiced
- pale
- pallid
- sallow
- skin graft
- swarthy
- wan
- waxen
- wrinkled
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complexion noun [ C ] (CHARACTER)
the general character of something:
These are radical changes which will alter the complexion of the British contemporary dance scene.
What Pablo has just said puts an entirely/completely new complexion on (= changes) things.
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Conditions and characteristics
- -ance
- -ancy
- ability
- ambience
- attribute
- character
- condition
- detail
- feature
- hallmark
- karma
- lineament
- local colour
- middle name
- mien
- nature
- resonate
- savour
- smack
- tenor
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