Pale

Adjective

lacking intensity of color; colorless or whitish

a pale complexion.

of a low degree of chroma, saturation, or purity; approaching white or gray

pale yellow.

not bright or brilliant; dim

the pale moon.

faint or feeble; lacking vigor

a pale protest.

Verb (used without object), verb (used with object)

to make or become pale

to pale at the sight of blood.

Antonyms

adjective

bright , colorful , glowing , radiant , blowzed , buxom , flushed , ruddy

verb

brighten , darken , glow , radiate

Synonyms

adjective

anemic , ashen , ashy , blanched , bleached , bloodless , cadaverous , colorless , deathlike , dim , doughy , dull , faded , faint , feeble , ghastly , gray , haggard , inadequate , ineffective , ineffectual , insubstantial , livid , lurid , pallid , pasty , poor , sallow , sick , sickly , spectral , thin , unsubstantial , wan , washed-out , waxen , waxlike , weak , white , whitishnotes:a pail is a bucket while pale means whitish in complexion or very light colored , alabaster , ivory , light , waterish , watery , achromic , etiolate , etiolated , indistinct , ischemic , obscure

verb

blanch , decrease , dim , diminish , dull , fade , faint , go white , grow dull , lessen , lose color , lose luster , muddy , tarnish , whitennotes:a pail is a bucket while pale means whitish in complexion or very light colored , bleach , etiolate , wan , anemic , ashen , ashy , bleak , bloodless , cadaverous , chalky , colorless , deathlike , encircle , enclose , feeble , fence , ghastly , haggard , insipid , light , lily , lurid , pallid , pastel , peaked , picket , sick , sickly , stake , weak , white , whiten , whitish