pale

• (s) very light colored; highly diluted with white
  • pale seagreen
  • pale blue eyes
• (s) (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble
  • the pale light of a half moon
  • a pale sun
  • the late afternoon light coming through the el tracks fell in pale oblongs on the street
  • a pallid sky
  • the pale (or wan) stars
  • the wan light of dawn
  wan, pallid, sick,
• (s) lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness
  • a pale rendition of the aria
  • pale prose with the faint sweetness of lavender
  • a pallid performance
  pallid,
• (s) abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress
  • the pallid face of the invalid
  • her wan face suddenly flushed
  pallid, wan,
• (s) not full or rich
  • high, pale, pure and lovely song

Nouns

• (n) a wooden strip forming part of a fence picket,

Verbs

• (v) turn pale, as if in fear blanch, blench,

Synonyms

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