pallid

adjective

ˈpa-ləd How to pronounce pallid (audio)
Definition of pallidnext
as in pale
lacking a healthy skin color a pallid man who looked as though he'd never seen the sun

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Recent Examples of pallid His first pitch brought in between five and eight residents but was met with pallid responses. — Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 8 July 2026 Opponents of the proposal want the county to consider different locations for the park site, arguing the project may harm a variety of native species to the area, including the western spadefoot toad and pallid bats. — Hannah Elsmore, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 May 2026 While disrupting the business of an American multinational company may seem a pallid response to the destruction of an Iranian primary school where more than a hundred children were killed, such asymmetric attacks in the physical and digital realms have been a feature of this conflict. — Sue Halpern, New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2026 But this illusion is punctured when Antonio meets, in the university canteen, a pallid young blond woman named Pam, to whom the Italian is inexplicably, irresistibly drawn. — Charlie Tyson, Harpers Magazine, 21 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pallid
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pale
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  • But our frustrations and inconvenience pale in comparison to the sadness of those who knew the deceased or to the trauma the drivers involved experienced.
    — Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Iconic yachting brand Riva was the inspiration behind the redesign, according to Christie, seen in the use of dark wood, pale leather and marble that gives the lounge a distinctly Italian feel.
    — Dea Jusufi, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
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