Only someone who never spent any time in the sun could look so pallid.
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Pallid
//ˈpælɪd//
Synonyms for "pallid" (160 found)
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Strong matches (48)
Related words (80)
inaneinexcitableinsipidintimidatedjejunelacklusterleadenlifelesslividlow spiritedlow-spiritedluridlusterlessmatmealymuddyneutralpalepale as deathpale-faced
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Adjective(6 words)
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1 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesderived
10 entriesholonym
2 entriesrelated to
3 entriessimilar
5 entriesTranslations
42 translations across 29 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- بلق adj (appearing weak, pale, or wan)
Bulgarian
2 entries- блед adj (appearing weak, pale, or wan)
- пребледнял adj (appearing weak, pale, or wan)
Catalan
1 entries- pàl·lid adj (appearing weak, pale, or wan)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 蒼白 /苍白 adj (appearing weak, pale, or wan)
Czech
2 entries- bledý adj (appearing weak, pale, or wan)
- sinalý adj (appearing weak, pale, or wan)
Danish
1 entries- bleg adj (appearing weak, pale, or wan)
Dutch
1 entries- bleek adj (appearing weak, pale, or wan)
Esperanto
1 entries- pala adj (appearing weak, pale, or wan)
Finnish
1 entries- kalpea adj (appearing weak, pale, or wan)
French
2 entries- blafard adj (appearing weak, pale, or wan)
- pâle adj (appearing weak, pale, or wan)
Galician
1 entries- pálido adj (appearing weak, pale, or wan)
German
3 entries- blass adj (appearing weak, pale, or wan)
- bleich adj (appearing weak, pale, or wan)
- fahl adj (appearing weak, pale, or wan)
Greek
2 entries- κατάχλωμος adj (appearing weak, pale, or wan)
- πελιδνός adj (appearing weak, pale, or wan)
Hungarian
1 entries- halovány adj (appearing weak, pale, or wan)
Ido
1 entries- pala adj (appearing weak, pale, or wan)
Italian
1 entries- pallido adj (appearing weak, pale, or wan)
Korean
2 entries- 창백(蒼白)하다 adj (appearing weak, pale, or wan)
- 파리하다 adj (appearing weak, pale, or wan)
Latin
1 entries- pallidus adj (appearing weak, pale, or wan)
Māori
1 entries- kōmā adj (appearing weak, pale, or wan)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- صاری adj (appearing weak, pale, or wan)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- blauss adj (appearing weak, pale, or wan)
Polish
1 entries- blady adj (appearing weak, pale, or wan)
Portuguese
1 entries- pálido adj (appearing weak, pale, or wan)
Russian
2 entries- бле́дный adj (appearing weak, pale, or wan)
- сла́бый adj (appearing weak, pale, or wan)
Sicilian
3 entries- giarnu adj (appearing weak, pale, or wan)
- jancu adj (appearing weak, pale, or wan)
- sghiancatu adj (appearing weak, pale, or wan)
Slovene
2 entries- bled adj (appearing weak, pale, or wan)
- bledičen adj (appearing weak, pale, or wan)
Spanish
1 entries- pálido adj (appearing weak, pale, or wan)
Swedish
1 entries- blek adj (appearing weak, pale, or wan)
Walloon
3 entries- bladje adj (appearing weak, pale, or wan)
- bladjot adj (appearing weak, pale, or wan)
- sblari adj (appearing weak, pale, or wan)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
The pallid moon is waning.
Source: tatoeba (9519111)
Tom's face was pallid.
Source: tatoeba (9962922)
The pallid cypresses seemed to twist in febrile pain.
Source: tatoeba (10656956)
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