Usually means: Pale, ashen, or sickly complexion.
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We found 10 dictionaries that define the word whey-faced:

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  1. whey-faced: Merriam-Webster
  2. whey-faced: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. whey-faced: Wordnik
  4. whey-faced: Wiktionary
  5. Whey-faced: Dictionary.com
  6. Whey-faced: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. whey-faced: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Whey-faced: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. whey-faced: FreeDictionary.org
  10. whey-faced: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (whey-faced)

▸ adjective:  Having a pale face, as from fear.

Similar:
whitefaced, white-faced, ashen-faced, palefaced, white, horse-faced, paper-faced, white as a ghost, tallow-faced, sallowfaced, more...

Opposite:
rosy-cheeked, ruddy, flushed, healthy-looking

Types:
pallid, pale, wan, ashen, ghostly, pasty, more...

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Similar:
whitefaced, white-faced, ashen-faced, palefaced, white, horse-faced, paper-faced, white as a ghost, tallow-faced, sallowfaced, more...

Opposite:
rosy-cheeked, ruddy, flushed, healthy-looking

Types:
pallid, pale, wan, ashen, ghostly, pasty, more...



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