pale
Meaning of pale
adjective
- light in colour or shade; containing little colour or pigment.
choose pale floral patterns for walls
- inferior or unimpressive.
the new cheese is a pale imitation of continental cheeses
- become pale in one's face from shock or fear.
I paled at the thought of what she might say
- seem or become less important.
all else pales by comparison
Middle English: from Old French pale, from Latin pallidus ; the verb is from Old French palir .
noun- a wooden stake or post used with others to form a fence.
- an area within determined bounds, or subject to a particular jurisdiction.
- a broad vertical stripe down the middle of a shield.
Middle English: from Old French pal, from Latin palus ‘stake’.
Information about pale
- The plural form of pale is: pales.
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Hyphenation of pale
pale
- It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
- pale is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
pale synonyms
Meaning pallid:
Meaning picket:
Meaning blanch:
Meaning (of a colour) pale:
Meaning of a soft and delicate shade of colour:
Meaning of or denoting a pale grey, cream, or beige colour:
Meaning (of a sound or voice) quiet and soft:
Meaning (of a mixture or effect) delicately complex and understated:
Meaning having a pleasing quality involving a subtle effect or contrast rather than sharp definition:
Meaning (of colour, decoration, etc.) not excessively showy or ornate; understated:
Meaning gradually grow faint and disappear:
Meaning made white or much lighter by a chemical process or by exposure to sunlight:
Meaning (of a colour) dull or muted:
Meaning lacking flavour; weak or tasteless:
Meaning lower in rank, status, or quality:
Meaning lacking sufficient money to live at a standard considered comfortable or normal in a society:
Meaning (of a sound) faint:
Meaning lacking intensity or brightness:
Meaning offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging; bland:
Meaning lacking strong features or characteristics and therefore uninteresting:
Meaning small and weak:
Meaning having a level surface; without raised areas or indentations:
Meaning lacking the quality or quantity required; insufficient for a purpose:
Meaning not producing any significant or desired effect:
Meaning (especially of an animal) unable to walk without difficulty as the result of an injury or illness affecting the leg or foot:
Meaning (of an animal) not dangerous or frightened of people; domesticated:
Meaning lacking in imagination or originality:
Meaning not readily using or demonstrating the use of the imagination; stolid and somewhat dull:
Meaning lacking courage, vigour, or vivacity:
Meaning dead or apparently dead:
Meaning (of a person) suffering from anaemia:
Meaning (of the skin) drained of colour:
Meaning arousing pity, especially through vulnerability or sadness:
Meaning (of a plant) pale and drawn out due to a lack of light:
Meaning make or become white:
Meaning make or become lighter in weight, pressure, or severity:
Meaning lose or cause to lose colour or brightness:
Meaning diminish gradually in size, amount, or strength:
Meaning make or become less:
Meaning make or become less; diminish:
Meaning make or become less bright or distinct:
Meaning a strong wooden or metal post with a point at one end, driven into the ground to support a plant, form part of a fence, mark a boundary, etc:
Meaning a long, sturdy piece of timber or metal set upright in the ground and used as a support or marker:
Meaning a long, slender, rounded piece of wood or metal, typically used with one end placed in the ground as a support for something:
Meaning a fence made from pointed wooden or metal posts:
Meaning a post or rod fixed vertically, especially as a structural support:
Meaning a fence of wooden stakes or iron railings fixed in the ground, forming an enclosure or defence:
Translation of pale
- Spanish: palo, estaca, pálido
- French: pal, pieu, terne, pâle
- German: Pfahl
- Italian: palo, pallido
- Portuguese: estaca
Anagrams of pale
Alep, alep, leap, lepa, peal, pela, plea
Words that rhyme with pale
Hapale, bepale, forepale, repale, empale, impale, unpale, propale, appale, carpale, interpale, metacarpale, spale
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