Pale
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /peɪl/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Pale is an adjective meaning Light in color.
Meaning
Light in color.
More Meanings
- (of human skin) Having a pallor (a light color, especially due to sickness, shock, fright etc.).
- Feeble, faint.
- (intransitive) To turn pale; to lose colour.
- (intransitive) To become insignificant.
- (transitive) To make pale; to diminish the brightness of.
- A wooden stake; a picket.
- (obsolete) Paleness; pallor.
Example Sentences
I have pale yellow wallpaper.
She had pale skin because she didn't get much sunlight.
His face turned pale after hearing about his mother's death.
She turned pale and screamed on seeing the spider in the toilet.
Word Forms
- paler
- palest
- pales
- paling
- paled
Synonyms for pale
Depending on context, synonyms include blanch, pallid, light, weak, thin, blench.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include thin, pallid, wan, blench, colorless, weak.
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