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pallid en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin palleō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin pallidus English pallid From Latin pallidus. Doublet of pale.

Meanings

  1. Appearing weak, pale, or wan.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:pallid.
    • The patient left the hospital but was very pallid.
    • A Sephardic romance, composed before the expulsion of the Jews from Spain, fills the Lost Chord Music Store on the northwest corner of Spinoza Square and Sixth Avenue. The well-dressed man on the telephone, pallid for this tanned city, repeats the inquiry: “Cloud Atlas Sextet . . . Robert Frobisher . . . As a matter of fact I have heard of it, though I’ve never laid my sticky paws on an actual pressing.” 2004, David Mitchell, “Half-Lives: The First Luisa Rey Mystery”, in Cloud Atlas, →ISBN, page 119:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
pallidest Degree=Sup lexicographic
pallider Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Antonyms

ruddy · rosy · gaudy

Deriveds

pallidly · pallid harrier · pallid dove · pallid sturgeon · pallidity · impallid · pallid cuckoo · pallidness · pallid fox · pallid bat

Holonyms

countenance · complexion

Hypernyms

cadaverous · sickly

Relateds

pallor · faded · pale

Synonyms

whey-faced · ashen · pasty · washed out · bloodless · pale · pallid · ashen-faced · blanched · exsanguious · grey · pale · pasty · blake · chalky · white · ghastly · livid · ashy · bleak · ghastly · ashen · sallow · wan

Translations (42)

bg пребледнял (appearing weak, pale, or wan) · la pallidus (appearing weak, pale, or wan) · es pálido (appearing weak, pale, or wan) · wa sblari (appearing weak, pale, or wan) · da bleg (appearing weak, pale, or wan) · ota صاری (appearing weak, pale, or wan) · ru бле́дный (appearing weak, pale, or wan) · ru сла́бый (appearing weak, pale, or wan) · scn sghiancatu (appearing weak, pale, or wan) · ko 파리하다 (appearing weak, pale, or wan) · mi kōmā (appearing weak, pale, or wan) · nl bleek (appearing weak, pale, or wan) · cs sinalý (appearing weak, pale, or wan) · ary بلق (appearing weak, pale, or wan) · scn giarnu (appearing weak, pale, or wan) · fr pâle (appearing weak, pale, or wan) · pl blady (appearing weak, pale, or wan) · cs bledý (appearing weak, pale, or wan) · pdt blauss (appearing weak, pale, or wan) · wa bladje (appearing weak, pale, or wan) · hu halovány (appearing weak, pale, or wan) · bg блед (appearing weak, pale, or wan) · de fahl (appearing weak, pale, or wan) · scn jancu (appearing weak, pale, or wan) · pt pálido (appearing weak, pale, or wan) · el κατάχλωμος (appearing weak, pale, or wan) · el πελιδνός (appearing weak, pale, or wan) · eo pala (appearing weak, pale, or wan) · ca pàl·lid (appearing weak, pale, or wan) · io pala (appearing weak, pale, or wan) · wa bladjot (appearing weak, pale, or wan) · fi kalpea (appearing weak, pale, or wan) · fr blafard (appearing weak, pale, or wan) · sv blek (appearing weak, pale, or wan) · de blass (appearing weak, pale, or wan) · it pallido (appearing weak, pale, or wan) · de bleich (appearing weak, pale, or wan) · sl bled (appearing weak, pale, or wan) · sl bledičen (appearing weak, pale, or wan) · cmn 蒼白 /苍白 (appearing weak, pale, or wan) · gl pálido (appearing weak, pale, or wan) · ko 창백(蒼白)하다 (appearing weak, pale, or wan)