| ADJECTIVE | all | pallid, pale, wan | abnormally deficient in color / color as suggesting physical or emotional distress / distress |
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| all | pallid, pale, wan, sick | (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness | |
| all | pallid, pale | lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness |
| Sounds | pae'lahd | |
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| Rhymes | abbreviated ... wounded: 365 rhymes with ahd... | |
| Meaning | abnormally deficient in color / color as suggesting physical or emotional distress / distress. | |
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| Example | "the pallid face of the invalid" | |
| Synonyms | pale, wan | |
| Broader | colorless, colourless | Weak in color |
| Spanish | pálido | |
| Nouns | pallidness | unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress) |
| Meaning | (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble. | |
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| Example | "a pallid sky" | |
| Synonyms | pale, wan, sick | |
| Broader | weak | Wanting in physical strength |
| Spanish | apagado, débil, flojo, pálido | |
| Catalan | apagat, dèbil, feble, fluix, pàlid | |
| Adverbs | pallidly | in a manner lacking interest or vitality |
| Meaning | lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness. | |
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| Example | "a pallid performance" | |
| Synonym | pale | |
| Broader | colorless, colourless | lacking in variety and interest |
| Spanish | pálido | |
| Catalan | pàl·lid | |
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