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  • 11lividness — noun unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress) • Syn: ↑lividity, ↑luridness, ↑paleness, ↑pallidness, ↑pallor, ↑wanness, ↑achromasia • Derivationally relate …

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  • 12luridness — noun 1. the journalistic use of subject matter that appeals to vulgar tastes the tabloids relied on sensationalism to maintain their circulation • Syn: ↑sensationalism • Derivationally related forms: ↑lurid, ↑sensationalistic (for: ↑ …

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  • 13paleness — noun 1. unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress) • Syn: ↑lividness, ↑lividity, ↑luridness, ↑pallidness, ↑pallor, ↑wanness, ↑achromasia • …

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  • 14pallidness — noun unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress) • Syn: ↑lividness, ↑lividity, ↑luridness, ↑paleness, ↑pallor, ↑wanness, ↑achromasia • Derivationally related …

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  • 15Paleness — Pale ness, n. The quality or condition of being pale; want of freshness or ruddiness; a sickly whiteness; lack of color or luster; wanness. [1913 Webster] The blood the virgin s cheek forsook; A livid paleness spreads o er all her look. Pope.… …

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  • 16Pallidness — Pal lid*ness, n. The quality or state of being pallid; paleness; pallor; wanness. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 17Wan — Wan, n. The quality of being wan; wanness. [R.] [1913 Webster] Tinged with wan from lack of sleep. Tennyson. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 18wan — I. adjective (wanner; wannest) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English wann dark, livid Date: 14th century 1. a. suggestive of poor health ; sickly, pallid b. lacking vitality ; feeble 2 …

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  • 19Nostalgia — For other uses, see Nostalgia (disambiguation). For the use of the term Nostalgia on Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Nostalgia. The term nostalgia describes a yearning for the past, often in idealized form.[1] The word is a learned formation of a Greek… …

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  • 20Pallor — SignSymptom infobox Name = Pallor ICD10 = ICD10|R|23|1|r|20 ICD9 = ICD9|782.61 Pallor (also called pastiness or wanness) is a reduced amount of oxyhemoglobin in skin or mucous membrane, a pale color which can be caused by illness, emotional shock …

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