pasty-faced
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of pasty-faced
First recorded in 1600–10
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
He’s the tall pasty-faced, middle-aged glammy Goth with the loud clothing and a habit of bothering bakers at crucial moments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2024
In this riveting staging, instead of employing sets, a roster of actors with pasty-faced makeup and chalky costumes joined hands and made human formations to suggest walls and tables, doubling as choristers.
From New York Times ● Aug. 2, 2018
Is Gilbert going to show up at his next charity event with some pasty-faced kid in tow and tell donors, “Hi, I’d like you to meet the star of my eSports team, Pincus McCoy?”
From Washington Times ● Jan. 21, 2018
That is: the pasty-faced Ronald McDonald versus the mustachioed Burger King locked in a heated cage match.
From US News ● Jun. 17, 2016
In the corridor a few weak-kneed, pasty-faced students were making their way to and from the bathrooms, and a group of silent Helpers worked double-duty to keep the floors mopped.
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
