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pale |
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pale noun | adjective
1 noun 1.•the pales of a fence:stake, post, pole, picket, upright. 2.•outside the pale of decency:boundary, confines, bounds, limits. PHRASES
beyond the pale •his behavior was beyond the pale:unacceptable, unseemly, improper, unsuitable, unreasonable, unforgivable, intolerable, disgraceful, deplorable, outrageous, scandalous, shocking | informal not on, out of line | formal exceptionable.
2 adjective 1.•she looked pale and drawn:white, pallid, pasty, wan, colorless, anemic, bloodless, washed out, peaked, ashen, gray, whitish, white-faced, whey-faced, drained, sickly, sallow, as white as a sheet, deathly pale | milky, creamy, cream, ivory, milk-white, alabaster | informal like death warmed over. ANT rosy, flushed. 2.•pale colors:light, light-colored, pastel, muted, subtle, soft | faded, bleached, washed out. 3.•the pale light of morning:dim, faint, weak, feeble. ANT dark, bright. 4.•a pale imitation:feeble, weak, insipid, bland, poor, inadequate | uninspired, unimaginative, lackluster, spiritless, lifeless | informal pathetic.▶verb 1.•his face paled:go/turn white, grow/turn pale, blanch, lose color. 2.•everything else pales by comparison:decrease in importance, lose significance, pale into insignificance, fade into the background. |
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