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View usage for: (pælɪd) 1. adjectiveSomeone or something that is pallid is pale in an unattractive or unnatural way. ...helpless grief on pallid faces. ...pallid grey vapour. 2. adjectiveYou can describe something such as a performance or book as pallid if it is weak or not at all exciting. ...a pallid account of the future of transport. ...a pallid unsuccessful romance. More Synonyms of pallid pallid in British English (ˈpælɪd) adjective1. lacking colour or brightness; wan a pallid complexion 2. lacking vigour; vapid a pallid performance Derived forms pallidly (ˈpallidly) adverb pallidness (ˈpallidness) or pallidity (palˈlidity) noun Word origin C17: from Latin pallidus, from pallēre to be pale1pallid in American English (ˈpælɪd) adjective faint in color; pale; wan SIMILAR WORDS: pale Derived forms pallidly (ˈpallidly) adverb pallidness (ˈpallidness) noun Word origin L pallidus, pale 1Examples of 'pallid' in a sentencepallid Definition lacking colour, brightness, or vigour His thin, pallid face broke into a smile. Synonyms whitish ashy like death warmed up (informal) wheyfaced Definition lacking energy or vitality pallid romantic fiction Synonyms tired sterile anaemic uninspired spiritless - pall
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Additional synonymsboring television programmes Synonyms uninteresting, dull, tedious, dreary, stale, tiresome, monotonous, old, dead, flat, dry, routine, uninspiring, humdrum, insipid, mind-numbing, unexciting, ho-hum (informal), repetitious, wearisome, unvaried, yawnsome, as dry as dust Definition pale, thin, and haggard a tall, thin man with a cadaverous face Synonyms deathly, pale, ghastly, wan, blanched, gaunt, haggard, emaciated, bloodless, pallid, ashen, hollow-eyed, corpse-like, like death warmed up (informal), deathlike, exsanguinous Definition grey or pallid in tone or hue Her face was colourless, and she was shaking. Synonyms ashen, washed out, wan, sickly, anaemicDefinition dull and uninteresting He is a drab, colourless little man. Synonyms uninteresting, dull, tame, dreary, drab, lacklustre, vacuous, insipid, vapid, characterless, unmemorable Definition lacking liveliness or animation His novels are shallow and lifeless. Synonyms dull, cold, flat, hollow, heavy, slow, wooden, stiff, passive, static, pointless, sluggish, lacklustre, lethargic, colourless, listless, torpid, spiritlessDefinition (of the complexion) pale and unhealthy-looking My complexion remained pale and pasty. Synonyms pale, unhealthy, wan, sickly, pallid, anaemic, sallow, like death warmed up (informal), wheyfaced Definition (of human skin) of an unhealthy pale or yellowish colour His face was sallow and shiny with sweat. Synonyms wan, pale, sickly, pasty, pallid, unhealthy, yellowish, anaemic, bilious, jaundiced-looking, peely-wally (Scottish) Definition mild and unexciting The report was pretty tame stuff. Synonyms unexciting, boring, dull, bland, tedious, flat, tiresome, lifeless, prosaic, uninspiring, humdrum, uninteresting, insipid, vapid, wearisomeDefinition dull and uninteresting The conversation was vapid and uninteresting. Synonyms dull, boring, insipid, flat, weak, limp, tame, bland, uninspiring, colourless, uninteresting, wishy-washy (informal) Definition very pale, as a result of illness or unhappiness He looked wan and tired. Synonyms pale, white, washed out, pasty, faded, bleached, ghastly, sickly, bloodless, colourless, pallid, anaemic, discoloured, ashen, sallow, whitish, cadaverous, waxen, like death warmed up (informal), wheyfaced Additional synonymsDefinition resembling wax in colour or texture His skin was waxen and pale and his eyes were sunken. Synonyms pale, white, ghastly, wan, bloodless, colourless, pallid, anaemic, ashen, whitish |