ADJECTIVE | all | pale | very light colored |
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all | pale, pallid, wan, sick | (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness | |
all | pale, pallid | lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness | |
all | pale, pallid, wan | abnormally deficient in color / color as suggesting physical or emotional distress / distress | |
all | pale | not full or rich | |
VERB | body | pale, blanch, blench | turn pale, as if in fear |
NOUN | artifact | pale, picket | a wooden strip forming part of a fence |
Sounds | pey'l | |
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Rhymes | ail ... Yale: 95 rhymes with eyl... |
Meaning | Very light colored; highly diluted with white. | |
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Broader | light, light-colored | (used of color) having a relatively small amount of coloring agent |
Spanish | pálido | |
Nouns | paleness | being deficient in color / color |
Meaning | (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble. | |
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Synonyms | pallid, wan, sick | |
Broader | weak | Wanting in physical strength |
Spanish | apagado, débil, flojo, pálido | |
Catalan | apagat, dèbil, feble, fluix, pàlid | |
Nouns | paleness | being deficient in color / color |
Meaning | lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness. | |
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Synonym | pallid | |
Broader | colorless, colourless | lacking in variety and interest |
Spanish | pálido | |
Catalan | pàl·lid | |
Adverbs | palely | in a manner lacking interest or vitality |
Meaning | abnormally deficient in color / color as suggesting physical or emotional distress / distress. | |
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Synonyms | pallid, wan | |
Broader | colorless, colourless | Weak in color |
Spanish | pálido | |
Nouns | paleness | unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress) |
Adverbs | palely | in a pale manner |
Meaning | not full or rich. | |
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Example | "high, pale, pure and lovely song" | |
Broader | thin | (of sound) lacking resonance or volume |
Meaning | A wooden strip forming part of a fence. | |
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Synonym | picket | |
Part of | picket fence, paling | A fence made of upright pickets |
Broader | strip | Thin piece of wood or metal |
Spanish | estaca, pálido | |
Catalan | pal |
Meaning | Turn pale, as if in fear. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
Synonyms | blanch, blench | |
Broader | discolor, discolour, colour, color | change color, often in an undesired manner |
Spanish | empalidecer, palidecer | |
Catalan | empal·lidir, esblaimar-se | |
Nouns | pallor | unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress) |
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