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pallid

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pal·lid  (pld)
adj.
1. Having an abnormally pale or wan complexion: the pallid face of the invalid.
2. Lacking intensity of color or luminousness.
3. Lacking in radiance or vitality; dull: pallid prose.

[Latin pallidus, from pallre, to be pale; see pel-1 in Indo-European roots.]

pallid·ly adv.
pallid·ness n.

pallid
Adjective
1. lacking colour, brightness, or vigour: a pallid autumn sun
2. lacking energy or vitality; insipid: many militants find the party's socialism too pallid [Latin pallidus]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.pallid - abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress; "the pallid face of the invalid"; "her wan face suddenly flushed"
colorless, colourless - weak in color; not colorful
2.pallid - (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble; "the pale light of a half moon"; "a pale sun"; "the late afternoon light coming through the el tracks fell in pale oblongs on the street"; "a pallid sky"; "the pale (or wan) stars"; "the wan light of dawn"
weak - wanting in physical strength; "a weak pillar"
3.pallid - lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness; "a pale rendition of the aria"; "pale prose with the faint sweetness of lavender"; "a pallid performance"
colorless, colourless - lacking in variety and interest; "a colorless and unimaginative person"; "a colorless description of the parade"

pallid
adjective pale, wan, pasty, colourless, anaemic, ashen, sallow, whitish, cadaverous, waxen, ashy, like death warmed up (informal) wheyfaced
Translations

pallid [ˈpælɪd] adjpálido
pallid [ˈpælɪd] adjblême
pallid [ˈpælɪd] adjbleich
pallid [ˈpælɪd] adjpallido/a, smorto/a

pallid
adj pallid [ˈpӕlid]
unpleasantly pale (usually suggesting ill-health) He looked pallid and sickly. bleek شاحِب، شَديد الشُّحوب блед sinalý bleg bleich χλομός, αρρωστημένος pálido kaame رنگ پریده kalvakka blême חִיווֵר पीला विवर्ण blijed,bez boje sápadt pucat fölleitur, fölur pallido, smorto 青ざめた 창백한, 해쓱한 išblyškęs, išbalęs (neveselīgi) bāls pucat vaal gusten blady pálido palid (мертвенно-)бледный bledý bled bled blek ซีดเซียว benzi atmış, solgun 蒼白的,病狀的 блідий پھيکا، بے رونق xanh xao
n ˈpallor
unpleasant paleness an unhealthy pallor. bleekheid شُحوب الوَجْه бледност bledost, sinalost bleghed die Blässe χλομάδα palidez kahvatus رنگ پریدگی kalpeus pâleur חִיווָרוֹן पीलापन, फीकापन bljedoća sápadtság kepucatan fölvi pallore 青ざめた顔色 안색의 나쁨, 해쓱함 blyškumas, pabalimas (neveselīgs) bālums pucat vaalheid blekhet (chorobliwa) bladość palidez paloare бледность bledosť bledica bledilo blekhet ความซีดเผือด solgunluk 臉色蒼白 блідість بے رونقي، زردي vẻ xanh xao


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In the gray of the morning the two students, pallid and haggard from anxiety and with the terror of their adventure still beating tumultuously in their blood, met at the medical college.
Here in thy loneliness the eglantine Weaves her sweet tapestries above thy head, While blow across thy bed, Moist with the dew of heaven, the breezes chill: Fire-fly, will-o'-the-wisp, and wandering star Glow in thy gloom, and naught is heard but the far Chanting of woodman and shepherd from the hill, Naught but the startled bird is seen Soaring away in the moonland sheen, Or the hulk of the scampering beast that fears Their plaintive lays as, to and fro, The pallid singers go.
And the raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door; And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming, And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor; And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted -- nevermore!
 
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