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Collocations for complexion - noun

1. skin/face

ADJECTIVE

beautiful, clear, flawless, fresh, glowing, healthy, lovely, nice, perfect
dull, pallid, pasty, sallow
creamy, fair, light, milky, pale
dark, olive, swarthy, tan (AmE), tanned
florid (esp. BrE), pink, rosy, ruddy
a young girl with a rosy complexion
smooth

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VERB + complexion

have
give sb
Years of heavy drinking had given Moira a florid complexion.

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2. general nature/character of sth

ADJECTIVE

different, new
political, social
a change in the political complexion of the council

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VERB + complexion

put, take on
What you have told us puts a different complexion on the situation.
The joke took on a rather serious complexion when the police became involved.
change
Hughes helped change the complexion of Hollywood.

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