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
My skin was pallid, and lesions covered the inside of my mouth.
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Suleika Jaouad, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025
The paintings are brushy and pallid, seemingly hinting at a dissatisfaction with commodified products such as these.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 10 Feb. 2025
Folk-rock and psychedelia would make Peter, Paul and Mary sound pallid and precious, although nostalgia sustained them through a later reunion career.
—Jon Pareles, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
Similarly, it was called the white plague or white death – due to anemia from the disease, with people appearing pallid or chalky – leading to near-certain death.
—Karen Dobos, The Conversation, 6 Mar. 2025
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Suleika Jaouad, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025
The paintings are brushy and pallid, seemingly hinting at a dissatisfaction with commodified products such as these.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 10 Feb. 2025
Folk-rock and psychedelia would make Peter, Paul and Mary sound pallid and precious, although nostalgia sustained them through a later reunion career.
—Jon Pareles, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
Similarly, it was called the white plague or white death – due to anemia from the disease, with people appearing pallid or chalky – leading to near-certain death.
—Karen Dobos, The Conversation, 6 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pallid
pale
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Beneath the bone, the pale, smooth tube of spinal cord is exposed.—
Sophia Li,
NPR,
17 Aug. 2025
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Signs your plants need attention include pale foliage, spindly new growth, and fewer new flowers.—
Andy Wilcox,
Better Homes & Gardens,
16 Aug. 2025
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“Pallid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pallid. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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