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What is the adjective for pale?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb pale which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

pale
  1. Light in color.
  2. (of human skin) Having a pallor (a light color, especially due to sickness, shock, fright etc.).
  3. Feeble, faint.
  4. Synonyms:
      5. pallid, wan, ashen, pasty, white, colourless, sickly, bloodless, anaemic, sallow, waxen, blanched, grey, chalky, peaky, ashy, gray, cadaverous, drained, peaked, milky, whitish, livid, deathlike, colorless, etiolated, ghastly, bleached, doughy, peakish, waxy, pinched, lurid, lymphatic, paled, anemic, sick, mealy, haggard, fair, alabaster, creamy, ivory, green, cream, spectral, waxlike, pasty-faced, chalk-white, whey-faced … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “Her skin was pale, luminous, but her dark eyes, breathtakingly beautiful, holding a hint of a smile, contrasted beautifully with her pale gown, hair, and skin.”
      “Because the colors overlap and blend, the effect works best with pastels or other pale shades.”
      “As dawn broached the horizon, it cast a thin, pale light into her room and over her face.”
paled
  1. (obsolete) Striped.
  2. (obsolete) Enclosed with a paling.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. pale, pallid, ashen, wan, pasty, blanched, ashy, peaked, cadaverous, livid, doughy, mealy, lurid, waxen, white, sallow, bloodless, colourless, colorless, grey, gray, anaemic, peaky, chalky, anemic, sickly, etiolated, ghastly, ashen-faced, drained, pasty-faced, milky, whey-faced, chalk-white, deathlike, bleached, waxy, washed out, whitish, like death warmed up, deathly pale, peakish, lymphatic, waxlike, white as a sheet, corpse-like, white-faced, ghostly, pinched, haggard … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “Her paled complexion revealed her battle with illness.”
paly
  1. (heraldry) vertically striped
  2. Examples:
      3. “I also wanted the arms to be distinctive, so that a field paly bendy seemed suitable.”
      “Even the paly gold of her hair seemed to catch the glory that so suddenly and absolutely illumined her.”
      “Mikhaïl Rudy will paly Janacek with the comedian Robin Renucci on January 25 at 11 am in Arles.”
palesome
  1. Characterised or marked by paleness
pallid
  1. Appearing weak, pale, or wan.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. pale, ashen, wan, pasty, white, bloodless, anaemic, waxen, ashy, sallow, blanched, chalky, peaky, etiolated, peaked, drained, anemic, whitish, cadaverous, livid, doughy, waxy, paled, peakish, lurid, lymphatic, mealy, ghastly, pinched, green, sickly, wheyfaced, pasty-faced, chalk-white, whey-faced, ashen-faced, peely-wally, corpse-like, deathly pale, white-faced, like death warmed up, colourless, colorless, grey, gray, milky, deathlike, washed out, bleached, ghostly … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The black scarf around her neck only accentuated her pallid complexion.”
      “She gingerly touched the pallid white gauze, then was brought back to the present by the burning smell coming from her toast.”
      “So Brahma continues, gently teasing out a conventional, rather pallid story about the ups and downs of courtly politics in King Kalapurna's city.”
pallescent
  1. Growing or becoming pale.
paly
  1. (obsolete) pale; lacking colour
  2. Examples:
      3. “I also wanted the arms to be distinctive, so that a field paly bendy seemed suitable.”
      “Even the paly gold of her hair seemed to catch the glory that so suddenly and absolutely illumined her.”
      “Mikhaïl Rudy will paly Janacek with the comedian Robin Renucci on January 25 at 11 am in Arles.”
palish
  1. somewhat pale
  2. Examples:
      3. “Their Urine is palish and mean in substance, and they dream of fearful things, terrible visions and darkness.”
      “If she's still wearing something, it's a pair of black pants and a lacy tank top, her hair is long and dark, she's palish with big hazel eyes.”
      “Herb Paris bears flowers of a palish greena colour always suggestive of lurking poison.”
pallider
  1. comparative form of pallid: more pallid
  2. Synonyms:
      3. paler, wanner, pastier, whiter, ashier, sallower, chalkier, peakier, livider, doughier, mealier, ghastlier, greener, sicklier, more ashen, more bloodless, more anaemic, more waxen, more blanched, more etiolated, more peaked, more drained, more anemic, more whitish, more cadaverous, more waxy, more paled, more peakish, more lurid, more lymphatic, more ashen-faced, more colourless, more colorless, greyer, grayer, milkier, more deathlike, more washed out, more bleached, ghostlier, more drawn, deathlier, more jaundiced, more faded, duller, fairer, more haggard, creamier, more waxlike, more leaden … more
pallidest
  1. superlative form of pallid: most pallid
  2. Synonyms:
      3. palest, wannest, pastiest, whitest, ashiest, sallowest, chalkiest, peakiest, lividest, doughiest, mealiest, ghastliest, greenest, sickliest, most ashen, most bloodless, most anaemic, most waxen, most blanched, most etiolated, most peaked, most drained, most anemic, most whitish, most cadaverous, most waxy, most paled, most peakish, most lurid, most lymphatic, most ashen-faced, most colourless, most colorless, greyest, grayest, milkiest, most deathlike, most washed out, most bleached, ghostliest, most drawn, deathliest, most jaundiced, most faded, dullest, fairest, most haggard, creamiest, most waxlike, most leaden … more
palest
  1. superlative form of pale: most pale
  2. Synonyms:
      3. pallidest, wannest, pastiest, whitest, sickliest, sallowest, greyest, chalkiest, peakiest, ashiest, grayest, milkiest, lividest, ghastliest, doughiest, sickest, mealiest, fairest, creamiest, greenest, most ashen, most colourless, most bloodless, most anaemic, most waxen, most blanched, most cadaverous, most drained, most peaked, most whitish, most deathlike, most colorless, most etiolated, most bleached, most peakish, most waxy, most lurid, most lymphatic, most paled, most anemic, most haggard, most spectral, most waxlike, most ashen-faced, most washed out, most milk-white, lightest, softest, subtlest, dullest … more
paling
  1. present participle of pale
  2. Synonyms:
      3. whitening, blanching, fading, bleaching, blenching, dulling, decolorizing, lightening, snowing, softening, fainting, etiolating, evanishing, tarnishing, discolouring, discoloring, washing out, becoming pale, going white, going pale, growing pale, turning white, turning pale, growing dull, losing color, losing colour, losing luster, becoming washed out, diminishing, decreasing, dimming, lessening, dwindling, receding, reducing, decreasing in importance, losing significance, paling into insignificance, losing lustre … more
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