pale
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- adjective
- /peɪl/
:
pálido
- And I looked and behold, a pale horse.
- look pale
- pale skin
- pale face
OK, so next we've got this pale frosty pink.
- OK, so next we've got this pale frosty pink.
- Yeah, you have to have like really pale skin and like straight hair.
- Oh, he looks so pale in person.
- And it has these really beautiful, shiny, dainty, like pale gold straps.
- She had like this white hair and very pale skin, very wrinkled.
- I Crouch down and put my own pale arms round you.
- So I can't even imagine how pale the lightest shade is.
- And it's this gorgeous, like really, really, really pale pink, like almost cream.
- When he asked for one more try, pale Rachel nodded fixedly.
- The second thing is pale skin and a pale tongue.
Examples
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Mary understands it even less, and her eyes, pale against her dark skin, shine with pent-up tears.
Fiction book (1990) -
You look so pale.
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And the color is pale sky blue.
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Oh, he looks so pale in person.
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It's a little pale for me, but it's fine.
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His face was pale and his eyes were crazy.
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Suddenly, off to one side, he saw a pale yellow animal moving quickly.
Fiction book (1990) -
One of the patients, a young girl with pale, sick skin, said, "Can I pet it?"
Fiction book (1990) -
The walls were covered in a pale blue paper with a tiny white design.
Fiction book (1990) -
He looked pale after being sick for several days.
Synonyms
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Hair or skin that is very pale, often from age
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Pale in colour or clear in sound
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Not bright or shiny with weak colour
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Having very little or no color
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2.4
Not dark in color, often pale like white
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Light in color, slightly pale like milk
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Soft and pale in color like light pink or blue
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Very pale or white in color
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Very pale because sunlight or chemicals removed its color
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A weak light that is not bright
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Having light, soft colors like pale pink or blue
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A little paler in color or not very heavy
Having a light color that is not bright
A light color that is not strong
A colour like skin or clothes that looks a little lighter than usual
A little light in color, like pale hair or skin
A white color that is not bright or shiny
Having weak color so pictures or photos look pale
Very pale in color with a light shade
Becoming pale and almost white in colour
Pale and weak light that is not bright
Antonyms
Idioms
- Slur
A group that mostly has older white men and lacks diversity and new ideas
Compounds
- Specialized
A small insect that sucks sap from chrysanthemum plants and harms leaves and flowers
- Specialized
A plant with almost no leaves and pale yellow-green stems and flowers
- Specialized
A small leafy plant with cream or white flowers faintly marked with purple
How Pale
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word pale comes from the Latin word pallidus meaning 'pale' or 'light in color'. So a pale face or color is one that has lost its color and looks very light.