n. Function: adjective
1 deficient in color or in intensity of color FF1C; a pale face FF1E;
Synonyms: ashen, ashy, blanched, colorless, complexionless, doughy, livid, lurid, pallid, paly, wan, waxen
Related Words: 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 FF1C; a pale, inadequate foreign policy FF1E;
Synonyms: anemic, bloodless, pallid, waterish, watery
Related Words: inane, insipid, jejune, wishy-washy; insubstantial, unsubstantial; ineffective, ineffectual; faint, feeble, weak
Contrasted Words: strong, substantial; effective, effectual; bright, colorful
Antonyms: brilliant