Pale

noun

/peɪl/

Word Frequency: 16.2

Definitions

1.nounPaleness; pallor.

2.verbTo turn pale; to lose colour.

3.verbTo become insignificant.

4.verbTo make pale; to diminish the brightness of.

5.adjectiveLight in color.

"I have pale yellow wallpaper."

6.adjective(of human skin) Having a pallor (a light color, especially due to sickness, shock, fright etc.).

"His face turned pale after hearing about his mother's death."

7.adjectiveFeeble, faint.

"He is but a pale shadow of his former self."

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