as in pale
lacking a healthy skin color
a pallid man who looked as though he'd never seen the sun
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Recent Examples of pallid
The first payroll report after the end of the government shutdown painted a pallid picture of the jobs market.
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2025
County plans acknowledged potential harm to pallid bats native to the area and called for installing bat boxes to offer them an alternative habitat.
—Hannah Elsmore, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Nov. 2025
Tallow or beef fat is usually pale, off-white, sometimes yellow: complexion was a key sign of chlorosis, which was named with a Greek word meaning pale, pallid, or yellow-green.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 27 Sep. 2025
Yet senior test kitchen editor Jesse Szewczyk recently took one of those pallid lumps and coaxed utter brilliance from it.
—Chris Morocco, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Aug. 2025
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2025
County plans acknowledged potential harm to pallid bats native to the area and called for installing bat boxes to offer them an alternative habitat.
—Hannah Elsmore, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Nov. 2025
Tallow or beef fat is usually pale, off-white, sometimes yellow: complexion was a key sign of chlorosis, which was named with a Greek word meaning pale, pallid, or yellow-green.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 27 Sep. 2025
Yet senior test kitchen editor Jesse Szewczyk recently took one of those pallid lumps and coaxed utter brilliance from it.
—Chris Morocco, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pallid
pale
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These pale pink nails are accented with jade motifs, bright red strokes, and plum blossoms to signal hope and renewal.—
Odeya Pinkus,
InStyle,
7 Feb. 2026
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The striking look, from Erdem’s fall 2026 collection, centered on a pale pink gown with crystal embroidery and an explosive tulle skirt—replete with a matching pink tulle veil.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Pallid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pallid. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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