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sallow

adjective as in pale, unhealthy

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Sixty-four years before America's second Catholic president destroyed his presidential campaign with a bad debate showing, the first Catholic president made history by appearing to be more physically and intellectually vibrant during an opening debate against his sallow and sickly opponent.

From Salon

On her best days, she was sallow, but this evening she wasn’t as pea-green as her dress.

“It’s all wrong for her coloring. Olive is sallow. And it’s too grown-up for Camilla, being youngest. Camilla should be in white and pale pastels. Lavenders. Pinks.”

The video then shows still pictures of a young woman of similar appearance lying, looking sallow and with her eyes closed, on a blood-stained bedsheet.

From Reuters

His skin is sallow, marked with age spots.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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