Pale

/peɪl/

noun

  1. Paleness; pallor.

verb

  1. To turn pale; to lose colour.

  2. To become insignificant.

  3. To make pale; to diminish the brightness of.

adjective

  1. Light in color.

    I have pale yellow wallpaper.

  2. (of human skin) Having a pallor (a light color, especially due to sickness, shock, fright etc.).

    His face turned pale after hearing about his mother's death.

  3. Feeble, faint.

    He is but a pale shadow of his former self.

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