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complexion

 
 
/kəmˈplekʃən/ noun [C]

Translation

SKIN the colour and appearance of the skin on someone's face
ten, yüz, cilt, yüzün görünümü, çehre
a clear complexion539
GENERAL CHARACTER the way something seems to be
görünüş, duruş, mahiyet
This new information puts a completely different complexion on the situation.1745
(Definition of complexion noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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