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adjective | verb | noun palepale1 /peɪl/ ●●○ adjective ETYMOLOGYpale1Origin: 1300-1400 Old French Latin pallidus THESAURUScolor► light a light color is pale and not dark: You look nice in light colors. She had blue eyes and light brown hair. ► pale very light, with a lot of white in it: The little girl wore a pale pink dress. ► pastel light and not at all bright. You use pastel especially about pink, yellow, green, or blue: She covered the baby with a pastel blue blanket. ► faded if something is faded, it is a lighter color than it was at first, because it has been changed by the sun, washing, or age: He was wearing faded old jeans. ► soft light and not at all bright, and seeming pleasant and relaxing: The bedroom was painted a soft shade of yellow. ► fair if someone’s skin or hair is fair, it is light in color: Someone with fair skin like you should probably use stronger sunscreen. 1having a much whiter skin color than usual, especially because you are sick, worried, frightened, etc.: You look kind of pale. Are you feeling okay? a pale complexion2lighter than the usual color OPP dark: pale blue eyes► see thesaurus at light2 → deep1 (5)3pale light is not bright: the pale light of early morning4a pale imitation/copy/shadow etc. (of something) an unimpressive or bad-quality copy of an earlier performance, movie, event, etc.: The cheese is a pale imitation of real Parmesan. [Origin: 1300–1400 Old French, Latin pallidus]—paleness noun [uncountable] adjective | verb | noun palepale2 verb [intransitive] VERB TABLEpale |
| Present | I, you, we, they | pale | | he, she, it | pales | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | paled | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have paled | | he, she, it | has paled | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had paled | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will pale | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have paled |
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| Present | I | am paling | | he, she, it | is paling | | you, we, they | are paling | | Past | I, he, she, it | was paling | | you, we, they | were paling | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been paling | | he, she, it | has been paling | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been paling | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be paling | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been paling |
► pale in comparison Today’s economic problems pale in comparison with those of the 1930s. ► pales into insignificance The education budget pales into insignificance when compared to the defense budget. 1to seem much less important, much less big or serious, or much less good when compared to something else: Today’s economic problems pale in comparison with those of the 1930s. The education budget pales into insignificance when compared to the defense budget.2literary if your face pales, it becomes much whiter than usual because you have had a shock adjective | verb | noun palepale3 noun ETYMOLOGYpale3Origin: 1400-1500 pale limit (15-18 centuries), from fence (14-19 centuries), from pointed piece of wood driven into the ground (14-20 centuries), from Old French pal, from Latin palus ► went ... beyond the pale His remarks went completely beyond the pale. beyond the pale unacceptable, unreasonable, and often offensive: His remarks went completely beyond the pale. |