complexion

Meaning

Noun

1. The quality, colour, or appearance of the skin on the face.
2. (figuratively) The outward appearance of something.
3. Outlook, attitude, or point of view.
4. (obsolete) The combination of humours making up one's physiological "temperament", being either hot or cold, and moist or dry.
5. (especially) An arrangement.

Verb

To give a colour to.

Synonyms

colour

color

expression

face

skin colour

hue

skin color

countenance

visage

appearance

flesh

🥩

interest

look

semblance

skin

suit

temperament

tincture

value

coloration

facet

skin coloring

flush

form

general aspect

gloss

grain

guise

character

outside appearance

lean

scarf skin

luster

lustre

material

mien

muscle

💪

nature

nuance

obverse

perfuse

pigment

pigmentation

pool

retouch

extrinsic feature

sight

face colour

stain

substance

Translations

teint

carnagione

Teint

Gesichtsfarbe

tez

teint

tez

colorito

tint

carnagione scura

apparenza

Hautfarbe

aspect

complexion

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kəmˈplɛkʃən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: complexion

Cognate with French: complexion

In summary

From Middle English complexion (“temperament”), from Old French complexion (French complexion), from Medieval Latin complexiō (“complexion, constitution”), from complector, past participle complexus (“to entwine, encompass”).