white as a sheet

Adjective

Meaning

(as) white as a sheet

(simile, said of a human's complexion) Very white or pale, as if suffering from shock.
Synonym: pale as a ghost

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

wan peaky chalky bloodless ashen anaemic palish ashy milk-white ash-colored untanned sallowish white as snow

Antonyms

garnet raven scarlet carmine ebon sable
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Examples

Hitler would go as white as a sheet and tightly clench his jaws, while his eyes would dilate. Everyone in his entourage would get panicky because these fits were always followed by an order to dismiss or to execute somebody. Theodor Morell

Close letter words and terms

white arsenic white arsenic oxide white as a ghost white as driven snow white as milk white as snow