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PALLID
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress
Example:
her wan face suddenly flushed
Synonyms:
pale; pallid; wan
Classified under:
Similar:
colorless; colourless (weak in color; not colorful)
Derivation:
pallidness (unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress))
Sense 2
Meaning:
Lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness
Example:
a pallid performance
Synonyms:
pale; pallid
Classified under:
Similar:
colorless; colourless (lacking in variety and interest)
Sense 3
Meaning:
(of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble
Example:
the wan light of dawn
Synonyms:
pale; pallid; sick; wan
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
weak (wanting in physical strength)
