Synonyms for pallid
- adjective
All synonyms
Adjective
pale, wan, white, ghastly, sallow, ashen, ashy, colorless US, colourless UK, washed-out, pasty, grey UK, gray US, bloodless, weak, blanched, faded, lackluster US, lack-lustre UK, lacklustre UK, livid, sick, whey-faced, cadaverous, sickly, faint
Definitions
- adj. 1
Appearing weak, pale, or wan.
The patient left the hospital but was very pallid.
Related words
- Phrases
- pallid fox pallid bat
- Is a kind of
- cadaverous sickly
Example sentences
- pale I said to her, "You look pale. Are you all right?"
- wan I only wan to avoid saying the wrong thing.
- ghastly The idea of some ghastly presence constantly haunted him.
- sallow Anne cast herself into Marilla's arms and rapturously kissed her sallow cheek.
By length
- 3 letters
- wan1
- 4 letters
- sick1, weak1, grey1, gray1, pale1, ashy2
- 5 letters
- white1, faint1, faded2, livid2, pasty, ashen2
- 6 letters
- sickly2, sallow
- 7 letters
- ghastly2
- 8 letters
- blanched
- 9 letters
- colorless3, bloodless2
- 10 letters
- lackluster3, colourless, lacklustre, cadaverous
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ashy2 = 2 syllables).