BLANCHED

• (adj.) 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", "lips white with terror", "a face white with rage"

  synonyms : ashen , bloodless , livid , white

  Her face turned ashen on hearing the news of her husband’s illness. -added by naila_inlas

  her face was livid with fear -added by nithi

• (adj.) (especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light

  "etiolated celery"

  synonyms : etiolate , etiolated

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