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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pale |
| Synonyms: | ash-colored, ashen, blanched, colorless, livid, lurid, pallid, pasty, wan, waxen, white |
| Main Entry: | livid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pale, ashen |
| Synonyms: | ashy, blanched, bloodless, colorless, discolored, dusky, gloomy, greyish, grisly, leaden, lurid, murky, pallid, pasty, wan, waxen |
| Notes: | lurid means horrible in fierceness or savagery or glaringly graphic, while livid means very angry or furious |
| Antonyms: | blushing, brilliant, flushed, radiant, rosy |
| Main Entry: | pale |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | light in color or effect |
| Synonyms: | 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, whitish |
| Notes: | a pail is a bucket while pale means whitish in complexion or very light colored |
| Antonyms: | bright, colorful, glowing, radiant |
| Main Entry: | pallid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pale |
| Synonyms: | anemic, ashen, ashy, blanched, bloodless, colorless, dull, faded, feeble, ghastly, gray, lackluster, lifeless, pasty, sallow, sickly, spiritless, uninspired, wan, weak, whitish |
| Main Entry: | sallow |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pale, unhealthy |
| Synonyms: | anemic, ashen, ashy, bilious, colorless, dull, greenish-yellow, jaundiced, muddy, pallid, pasty, wan, waxy, yellowish |
| Antonyms: | colorful, dark, flushed, healthy |
| Main Entry: | wan |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | colorless, weak |
| Synonyms: | anemic, ashen, ashy, bilious, blanched, bleached, bloodless, cadaverous, dim, discolored, faint, feeble, forceless, ghastly, haggard, ineffective, ineffectual, livid, pale, pallid, pasty, peaked, sickly, washed-out, waxen, white, worn |
| Antonyms: | colorful, flushed, strong |
| Main Entry: | waterish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pale |
| Synonyms: | 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, watery, waxen, waxlike, weak, white*, whitish |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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