Pallid
adjective
Having a pale face or skin, often because of illness or fear.
His face was pallid and sweaty after the terrifying nightmare.
Often appears as...
- pallid complexion
- pallid face
adjective
Having a weak quality, not exciting or related to lack of intensity.
He made a pallid attempt to laugh at the joke.
Often appears as...
- pallid imitation
- pallid joke
Usage tips
Idiomatic
adjective
Having a pale face or skin, often because of illness or fear.
His face was pallid and sweaty after the terrifying nightmare.
Often appears as...
- pallid complexion
- pallid face
adjective
Having a weak quality, not exciting or related to lack of intensity.
He made a pallid attempt to laugh at the joke.
Often appears as...
- pallid imitation
- pallid joke
Usage tips
Idiomatic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Associated Conditions
Often linked with negative states such as sickness or terror.
After receiving the news, her formerly rosy cheeks turned pallid.
Pro Tip 2/3Intensity Matters
Describes a very pale, almost unnatural skin tone, not just lighter skin.
The patient's pallid skin was cause for immediate concern.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Illness
Can imply fear, shock, or being upset - not limited to physical illness.
Her pallid face betrayed the fear she felt inside.
Pro Tip 1/3Associated Conditions
Often linked with negative states such as sickness or terror.
After receiving the news, her formerly rosy cheeks turned pallid.
Pro Tip 2/3Intensity Matters
Describes a very pale, almost unnatural skin tone, not just lighter skin.
The patient's pallid skin was cause for immediate concern.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Illness
Can imply fear, shock, or being upset - not limited to physical illness.
Her pallid face betrayed the fear she felt inside.
Pro Tip 1/3Associated Conditions
Often linked with negative states such as sickness or terror.
After receiving the news, her formerly rosy cheeks turned pallid.
Pro Tip 2/3Intensity Matters
Describes a very pale, almost unnatural skin tone, not just lighter skin.
The patient's pallid skin was cause for immediate concern.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Illness
Can imply fear, shock, or being upset - not limited to physical illness.
Her pallid face betrayed the fear she felt inside.
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Video examples
Gregg Treinish:...
endangered pallid sturgeon out on the Fort Peck wet Fort Peck reservoir and what I learned from all this was that not only was I making a difference and playing like I wanted to play but that it was easy that it wasn't just me who could do this stuff I didn't have any
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Gregg Treinish:...
endangered pallid sturgeon out on the Fort Peck wet Fort Peck reservoir and what I learned from all this was that not only was I making a difference and playing like I wanted to play but that it was easy that it wasn't just me who could do this stuff I didn't have any
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Quote examples
John Tyler Bonner
American Educator
That the role of size has been to some degree neglected in biology may lie in its simplicity. Size may be a property that affects all of life, but it seems pallid compared to the matter which makes up life. Yet size is an aspect of the living that plays a remarkable, overreaching role that affects life's matter in all its aspects.
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Alejo Carpentier
Cuban Novelist
Even the pallid daughters of Albion forget for a moment their Pre-Raphaelite poses by burying themselves in the sonorous sortilege of the Antilles.
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Amitava Kumar
Indian Writer
I think criticism is often so pallid, so tame. I wish it were more performative.
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Robert Gottlieb
American Writer
Nobody could call the work of Noche Flamenca & Soledad Barrio pallid.
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John Tyler Bonner
American Educator
That the role of size has been to some degree neglected in biology may lie in its simplicity. Size may be a property that affects all of life, but it seems pallid compared to the matter which makes up life. Yet size is an aspect of the living that plays a remarkable, overreaching role that affects life's matter in all its aspects.
Quote examples
Alejo Carpentier
Cuban Novelist
Even the pallid daughters of Albion forget for a moment their Pre-Raphaelite poses by burying themselves in the sonorous sortilege of the Antilles.
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Amitava Kumar
Indian Writer
I think criticism is often so pallid, so tame. I wish it were more performative.
Quote examples
Robert Gottlieb
American Writer
Nobody could call the work of Noche Flamenca & Soledad Barrio pallid.
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