Antonyms for pale
peɪlpale

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1. pale

   Antonyms:
   ruddy, high-colored, conspicuous, deep

   Synonyms:
   pallid, wan, faint, dim, undefined, etiolated, sallow, cadaverous

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1. picket, paleadjective

   a wooden strip forming part of a fence

   Antonyms:
   colorful, colourful, strong, full, dark

   Synonyms:
   spotter, lookout man, lookout, piquet, sentry, watch, picket, sentinel, scout

2. paleadjective

   very light colored; highly diluted with white

   "pale seagreen"; "pale blue eyes"

   Antonyms:
   colorful, colourful, strong, dark, full

   Synonyms:
   pallid, wan, sick

3. pale, pallid, wan, sickadjective

   (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"

   Antonyms:
   colorful, full, dark, colourful, strong

   Synonyms:
   queasy, sickish, mad, unhinged, sick(p), sick, ghastly, grisly, wan, fed up(p), gruesome, nauseous, macabre, brainsick, ill, sick of(p), demented, crazy, grim, disturbed, tired of(p), unbalanced, disgusted, nauseated, pallid

4. pale, pallidadjective

   lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness

   "a pale rendition of the aria"; "pale prose with the faint sweetness of lavender"; "a pallid performance"

   Antonyms:
   colourful, full, dark, colorful, strong

   Synonyms:
   pallid, wan, sick

5. pale, pallid, wanadjective

   abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress

   "the pallid face of the invalid"; "her wan face suddenly flushed"

   Antonyms:
   strong, colorful, dark, colourful, full

   Synonyms:
   pallid, wan, sick

6. paleverb

   not full or rich

   "high, pale, pure and lovely song"

   Antonyms:
   full, strong, colourful, colorful, dark

   Synonyms:
   pallid, wan, sick

7. pale, blanch, blenchverb

   turn pale, as if in fear

   Antonyms:
   colourful, full, strong, colorful, dark

   Synonyms:
   parboil, blench, blanch

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1. paleadjective

   Antonyms:
   ruddy, buxom, flushed, blowzed

   Synonyms:
   pallid, wan, colorless, ghastly, blanched, cadaverous, etiolate, ashy, dim, faint, indistinct, obscure

2. palenoun

   Synonyms:
   picket, boundary, limit, confine, fence, inclosure

How to use pale in a sentence?

1. James Tracy:

   I describe myself as a scholar and public intellectual interested in going more deeply into controversial public events, although some may see [my theories] as beyond the pale, I am doing what we should be doing as academics.

2. Heino Klinck:

   If the U.S. commitment to Taiwan falters, that will send a signal to the rest of the world that the Afghanistan debacle will pale to in comparison.

3. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley:

   I saw—with shut eyes, but acute mental vision—I saw the pale student of unhallowed arts kneeling beside the thing he had put together. I saw the hideous phantasm of a man stretched out, and then, on the working of some powerful engine, show signs of life and stir with an uneasy, half-vital motion. Frightful must it be, for supremely frightful would be the effect of any human endeavor to mock the stupendous mechanism of the Creator of the world.

4. Brie Larson:

   I had to stay out of the sun to get rather pale, i went on a restrictive diet ... and worked with a trauma specialist to talk about how the brain would organize itself around the sexual abuse and being trapped in a room that long but it didn't stick to me.

5. Dustin Craun:

   It is disturbing enough that some sick individual would attempt to burn a house of worship to the ground, but referencing the slayings in New Zealand is beyond the pale, while the majority of humanity has responded to the tragedy to draw closer to one another and refute hatred, a violent and hate-filled minority seeks further divisions. We are grateful that someone was inside the mosque and was able to act quickly to put the fire out. We ask anyone with information to come forward and contact the Escondido Police Department. We stand in solidarity with our community members who attend the Islamic Center of Escondido.

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