Word Meanings - COMPLEXION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. The state of being complex; complexity. Though the terms of propositions may be complex, yet . . . it is proprly called a simple syllogism, since the complexion does not belong to the syllogistic form of it. I. Watts. 2. A combination;

Additional info about word: COMPLEXION

1. The state of being complex; complexity. Though the terms of propositions may be complex, yet . . . it is proprly called a simple syllogism, since the complexion does not belong to the syllogistic form of it. I. Watts. 2. A combination; a complex. This paragraph is . . . a complexion of sophisms. Coleridge. 3. The bodily constitution; the temperament; habitude, or natural disposition; character; nature. If his complexion incline him to melancholy. Milton. It is the complexion of them all to leave the dam. Shak. 4. The color or hue of the skin, esp. of the face. Tall was her stature, her complexion dark. Wordswoorth. Between the pale complexion of true love, And the red glow of scron and proud disdain. Shak. 5. The general appearance or aspect; as, the complexion of the sky; the complexion of the news.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of COMPLEXION)

• Aspect
• Front
• face
• phase
• side
• appearance
• presentation
• exhibition
• exposure
• feature
• view
• air
• mien
• deportment
• countenance
• bearing
• complexion
• sight
• Color
• Hue
• tint
• pretense
• speciousness
• tinge
• garbling
• falsification
• distortion
• perversion
• varnish
• Tint
• hue
• dye

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of COMPLEXION)

• Oppose
• confront
• discourage
• discountenance
• browbeat

Related words: (words related to COMPLEXION)

• COLORMAN
  A vender of paints, etc. Simmonds.
• FRONTIERSMAN
  A man living on the frontier.
• CONFRONT
  1. To stand facing or in front of; to face; esp. to face hostilely; to oppose with firmness. We four, indeed, confronted were with four In Russian habit. Shak. He spoke and then confronts the bull. Dryden. Hester caught hold of Pearl, and drew
• EXHIBITION
  The act of administering a remedy. (more info) 1. The act of exhibiting for inspection, or of holding forth to view; manifestation; display. 2. That which is exhibited, held forth, or displayed; also, any public show; a display of works of art,
• FRONTIERED
  Placed on the frontiers.
• EXHIBITIONER
  One who has a pension or allowance granted for support. A youth who had as an exhibitioner from Christ's Hospital. G. Eliot.
• FRONTLESSLY
  Shamelessly; impudently.
• FRONTED
  Formed with a front; drawn up in line. "Fronted brigades." Milton.
• SIGHTLY
  1. Pleasing to the sight; comely. "Many brave, sightly horses." L'Estrange. 2. Open to sight; conspicuous; as, a house stands in a sightly place.
• FRONTLET
  The margin of the head, behind the bill of birds, often bearing rigid bristles. (more info) 1. A frontal or brow band; a fillet or band worn on the forehead. They shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. Deut. vi. 8. 2. A frown . What makes that
• CONFRONTATION
  Act of confronting. H. Swinburne.
• PHASE CONVERTER
  A machine for converting an alternating current into an alternating current of a different number of phases and the same frequency.
• FRONTAGE
  The front part of an edifice or lot; extent of front.
• PHASEOMANNITE
  See INOSITE
• FALSIFICATION
  The showing an item of charge in an account to be wrong. Story. (more info) 1. The act of falsifying, or making false; a counterfeiting; the giving to a thing an appearance of something which it is not. To counterfeit the living image of king in
• COLORATE
  Colored. Ray.
• COLORIMETRY
  The quantitative determination of the depth of color of a substance. 2. A method of quantitative chemical analysis based upon the comparison of the depth of color of a solution with that of a standard liquid.
• PHASEOLUS
  A genus of leguminous plants, including the Lima bean, the kidney bean, the scarlet runner, etc. See Bean.
• FEATURELESS
  Having no distinct or distinctive features.
• COMPLEXIONALLY
  Constitutionally. Though corruptible, not complexionally vicious. Burke.
• CONTINGENT
  Dependent for effect on something that may or may not occur; as, a contingent estate. If a contingent legacy be left to any one when he attains, or if he attains, the age of twenty-one. Blackstone. (more info) touch on all sides, to happen; con-
• WATER-BEARER
  The constellation Aquarius.
• WHITE-FRONTED
  Having a white front; as, the white-fronted lemur. White- fronted goose , the white brant, or snow goose. See Snow goose, under Snow.
• PEEP SIGHT
  An adjustable piece, pierced with a small hole to peep through in aiming, attached to a rifle or other firearm near the breech; -- distinguished from an open sight.
• CONCOLOR
  Of the same color; of uniform color. "Concolor animals." Sir T. Browne.
• SHIELD-BEARER
  Any small moth of the genus Aspidisca, whose larva makes a shieldlike covering for itself out of bits of leaves. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, carries a shield.
• TWO-PHASE; TWO-PHASER
  See DIPHASER
• HALF-SIGHTED
  Seeing imperfectly; having weak discernment. Bacon.
• NONPRESENTATION
  Neglect or failure to present; state of not being presented.
• SEABEARD
  A green seaweed growing in dense tufts.