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Antonyms for pallid

Grammar : Adj
Spell : pal-id
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpæl ɪd

Definition of pallid

Origin :
  • "lacking color," 1580s, from Latin pallidus "pale, colorless," from root of pallere "be pale" (see pallor).
  • adj pale
Example sentences :
  • He stared in consternation at the pallid oval that stood for her face.
  • Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • The silence was profound, and the lamps burned with motionless, pallid flames.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • Albine, too, was a large rose, a pallid rose that had opened since the morning.
  • Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola
  • The gills are notched, crowded, pallid or rufescent, narrow.
  • Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
  • The gills are rotundate-free, close, narrow, whitish or pallid.
  • Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
  • The stem is soon hollow, two to three inches long, viscid, pallid.
  • Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
  • The gills are notched, rather distant, pallid, then cinnamon; lachrymose.
  • Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
  • The spores are pallid to ochraceous, oblong-fusiform, 10–20 long.
  • Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
  • The spines are slender, pallid, then of the same color as the pileus, equal.
  • Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
  • On every feature of his pallid face were traces of suffering.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine

Synonyms for pallid

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