Collocations for complexion - noun
1. colour/quality of the skin/face
ADJ.
clear, flawless, fresh, glowing, healthy, lovely, nice, perfect | bad, blotchy, dull, pallid, pasty, sallow | ageing | creamy, fair, milky, pale | dark, olive, swarthy, tanned | florid, pink, rosy, ruddy
a young girl with a rosy complexion
a young girl with a rosy complexion
yellow | pitted | smooth
VERB + COMPLEXION
have | give sb
Years of heavy drinking had given Alison a florid complexion.
Years of heavy drinking had given Alison a florid complexion.
2. general nature/character of sth
ADJ.
serious | different, new | political, social
a change in the political complexion of the council
a change in the political complexion of the council
VERB + COMPLEXION
put, take on
What you have told us puts quite a different complexion on the situation. | The joke took on a rather serious complexion when the police became involved.
What you have told us puts quite a different complexion on the situation. | The joke took on a rather serious complexion when the police became involved.