noun ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The condition or degree of being pale or of lacking color. countable, uncountable

   "The cold weather intensified the paleness of the landscape."

2. 2
   being deficient in color wordnet
3. 3
   the property of having a naturally light complexion wordnet
4. 4
   unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress) wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

palliditylividnesspalliditypallorpallorwanness

Example

More examples

"Her deathly paleness is due to long illness."

Etymology

From pale + -ness.

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