pasty-faced

American  

[pey-stee-feyst] / ˈpeɪ stiˈfeɪst /

adjective

1. having a pale, unhealthy, sallow complexion.

   an awkward, pasty-faced youth.

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Etymology

Origin of pasty-faced

First recorded in 1600–10

Example Sentences

“Why marry a pasty-faced scholar?” he asks.

From Los Angeles Times

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

Slant Magazine described Pattinson in “Twilight” as a “blank, pasty-faced, fire-haired Gap model”; The Austin Chronicle opined that his “cheekbones keep getting in the way of the story”; Slate semi-praised his performance at the expense of Catherine Hardwicke’s filmmaking, writing that Pattinson “doesn’t seem to have been given much direction beyond ‘melt the camera with your eyes.’”

From New York Times

A poet who lived among sharp implements would have choked to death on a title as aspiring and pasty-faced as “Continuous Creation.”

From New York Times

“We’re waiting. We don’t know why,” said Arsen Mosherghyan, a pasty-faced 18-year-old recruit.

From Los Angeles Times