Synonyms for pale
| Grammar : Adj, verb |
| Spell : peyl |
| Phonetic Transcription : peɪl |
Top 10 synonyms for pale Other synonyms for the word pale
- anemic
- ashen
- ashy
- bloodless
- cadaverous
- colorless
- deathlike
- doughy
- feeble
- ghastly
- go white
- gray
- grow dull
- haggard
- inadequate
- ineffective
- ineffectual
- insubstantial
- lessen
- livid
- lose color
- lose luster
- lurid
- muddy
- pallid
- pasty
- poor
- sallow
- sick
- sickly
- spectral
- tarnish
- thin
- unsubstantial
- wan
- washed-out
- waxen
- waxlike
- weak
- white
- whiten
- whitish
Définition of pale
Origin :- early 14c., from Old French paile "pale, light-colored" (12c., Modern French pâle), from Latin pallidus "pale, pallid, wan, colorless," from pallere "be pale, grow pale," from PIE *pel- (2) "pale" (see pallor). Pale-face, supposed North American Indian word for "European," is attested from 1822.
- adj light in color or effect
- verb become, make lighter or weakened
- A still, pale fog is soothing; it lulls nature to a kind of repose.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- How pale and eager their faces looked as they bent above him!
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- What instinct made you choose that shade of pale green for your frock?
- Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
- Robin's pale, blank face had a sick look, a deadly smoothness.
- Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair
- The youth's pale face flushed with the pride of the skilled workman.
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- His dark, heavily fringed eyes looked at her from a pale face.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Pale and trembling, I pointed to the horrible staircase by which we had come.
- Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
- The pale, timid girl did not know what to make of this kindness.
- Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
- Overhead is the starry sky, bathed in the pale radiance of the moon.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
- There was evident, on the other side of a low hedge, a pale florescence of the flowers.
- Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
Antonyms for pale
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