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 ~
▪ smooth
VERB + COMPLEXION
▪ have
▪ give sb
▪
Years of heavy drinking had given Moira a florid ~.
2 general nature/character of sth
ADJECTIVE
▪ different , new
▪ political , social
▪
a change in the political ~ of the council
VERB + COMPLEXION
▪ put , take on
▪
What you have told us puts a different ~ on the situation.
▪
The joke took on a rather serious ~ when the police became involved.
▪ change
▪
Hughes helped change the ~ of Hollywood.