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
The paintings are brushy and pallid, seemingly hinting at a dissatisfaction with commodified products such as these.
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Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 10 Feb. 2025
Folk-rock and psychedelia would make Peter, Paul and Mary sound pallid and precious, although nostalgia sustained them through a later reunion career.
—Jon Pareles, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
Similarly, it was called the white plague or white death – due to anemia from the disease, with people appearing pallid or chalky – leading to near-certain death.
—Karen Dobos, The Conversation, 6 Mar. 2025
The Russian invasion of Ukraine won Vladimir Putin a certain admiration in countries of the global South, as well as among MAGA Americans, while Joe Biden’s appeals to democratic values seemed pallid and hypocritical.
—George Packer, The Atlantic, 20 Feb. 2025
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Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 10 Feb. 2025
Folk-rock and psychedelia would make Peter, Paul and Mary sound pallid and precious, although nostalgia sustained them through a later reunion career.
—Jon Pareles, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
Similarly, it was called the white plague or white death – due to anemia from the disease, with people appearing pallid or chalky – leading to near-certain death.
—Karen Dobos, The Conversation, 6 Mar. 2025
The Russian invasion of Ukraine won Vladimir Putin a certain admiration in countries of the global South, as well as among MAGA Americans, while Joe Biden’s appeals to democratic values seemed pallid and hypocritical.
—George Packer, The Atlantic, 20 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pallid
pale
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The creature had pale orange stripes along its body, eyes on the side of its head and other physical characteristics of a Barbados threadsnake.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 July 2025
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Other signs include pale or yellow leaves all over, mushy stems, and visible fungus at the base of the plant.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
23 July 2025
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“Pallid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pallid. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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