I. adjective
1.
deficient in color or in intensity of color
a pale face
Synonyms: ashen, ashy, blanched, colorless, complexionless, doughy, livid, lurid, pallid, paly, wan, waxen
Related Word: sallow, sick, sickly; gray, pasty, pasty-faced, waxlike; white, whitened; deathlike, ghastly
Contrasted words: flushed, ruddy; bright, colorful, florid
2.
being weak and thin in substance or in vital qualities
a pale, inadequate foreign policy
Synonyms: anemic, bloodless, pallid, waterish, watery
Related Word: inane, insipid, jejune, wishy-washy; insubstantial, unsubstantial; ineffective, ineffectual; faint, feeble, weak
Contrasted words: strong, substantial; effective, effectual; bright, colorful
Antonyms: brilliant
II. verb
Synonyms: dull 1, dim, fade, muddy, tarnish