pallid
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7.0
- adjective
- /ˈpælɪd/
:
pálido
- The sun still struggled to break through the pallid storm clouds overhead, and patches of wan light dotted the clearing.
- pallid light
- pallid glow
- pallid sky
Examples
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The fluorescent tubes that line the terminal ceiling highlight Dad's fatigue; the pallid light reflects his waxy complexion.
Academic text (2011) -
The sun, which had been a pallid smudge under dirty clouds, now disappeared.
Fiction book (1990) -
Night flowers bloom a pallid blue.
Fiction book (1996) -
That would account for your pallid complexion.
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A single window casts the room in pallid moonlight.
Fiction book (1995) -
In the accumulation of greyness, the sun looked like a pallid, feeble spot, lacking even the strength to cast shadows over the sidewalk.
Fiction book (1994) -
The pallid light sloping in through the windows looked weak and ineffectual, distorted as if in a dream.
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The pallid northern sun had climbed higher into the patient vault of the heavens.
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The pallid light reflects his waxy complexion.
Synonyms
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1.0
Has very light color and often looks sick or afraid
148
2.7
Very slight and hard to notice
62
1.0
Not bright and having only a little light
31
1.0
Not bright or shiny with weak colour
30
6.1
Dull and showing little energy
23
4.2
Not bright or colorful and not lively
12
2.9
Having very little or no color
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3.6
Less bright, loud, or strong than something else
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4.4
A color or object that has lost brightness and looks pale
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3.7
A little paler in color or not very heavy
1
7.2
Not shiny and showing little energy or life
Pale and weak light that is not bright
A light color that is not strong
Not bright in color and not very interesting
Antonyms
Compounds
- US
A bat with large ears and pale yellow fur that lives in western North America caves
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Surface Forms
Etymology
The word pallid comes from the Latin pallidus, from pallere meaning 'to be pale'. Think of a weak, 'pale' moon, so pallid for light means 'dim' or 'faint'.