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Pale

/peɪl/

Paleness; pallor.

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📖 Definitions of "Pale"

noun

1
Paleness; pallor.

verb

1
To turn pale; to lose colour.
2
To become insignificant.
3
To make pale; to diminish the brightness of.

adjective

1
Light in color.
"I have pale yellow wallpaper."
2
(of human skin) Having a pallor (a light color, especially due to sickness, shock, fright etc.).
"His face turned pale after hearing about his mother's death."
3
Feeble, faint.
"He is but a pale shadow of his former self."

🔄 Synonyms of "Pale"

10 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
pallid	Appearing weak, pale, or wan.
lightnoun	(physics, uncountable) Electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye (about 400–750 nanometers): visible light.
weak	Lacking in force (usually strength) or ability.
thinverb	Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt.
blenchnoun	(intransitive) To shrink; start back; give way; flinch; turn aside or fly off.
picketnoun	A protester positioned outside an office, workplace etc. during a strike (usually in plural); also the protest itself.
colorless	US standard spelling of colourless. [Having little or no colour.]
colourless	Having little or no colour.
blanchnoun	(transitive, cooking) To cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water.
wannoun	Pale, sickly-looking.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Pale"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
thin	Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt.
pallid	Appearing weak, pale, or wan.
wan	Pale, sickly-looking.
blenchnoun	(intransitive) To shrink; start back; give way; flinch; turn aside or fly off.
colorless	US standard spelling of colourless. [Having little or no colour.]
weak	Lacking in force (usually strength) or ability.
blanchnoun	(transitive, cooking) To cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water.
picketnoun	A protester positioned outside an office, workplace etc. during a strike (usually in plural); also the protest itself.
colourless	Having little or no colour.
lightnoun	(physics, uncountable) Electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye (about 400–750 nanometers): visible light.
ashy	Resembling ashes (especially in colour); (of a person’s complexion) unusually pale as a result of strong emotion, illness, etc.
eatverb	(ambitransitive) To consume (something solid or semi-solid, usually food) by putting it into the mouth and swallowing it.
faint	(of a being) Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to lose consciousness
lividnoun	(informal) So angry that one turns pale; very angry; furious; liverish.
loseverb	(transitive) To cease to have (something) in one's possession or capability.
blah	(informal) Dull; uninteresting; insipid.
mealy	Resembling meal (the foodstuff).
enclosurenoun	(countable) An area, domain, or amount of something partially or entirely enclosed by barriers.
leap	(calendar) Intercalary, bissextile.
whitenoun	Bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light.