PALLOR Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

pallor

noun

Definition of pallor

as in paleness

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Recent Examples of pallor Already, his story had begun to take on the grim pallor of tragedy. — Jack Lang, New York Times, 28 May 2026 Addae is developing zinc oxide sunscreens that don’t leave as much of a white pallor by changing the shape of the chemical’s particle structure, an advancement which may be particularly beneficial for people with darker skin tones. — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 25 May 2026 Die große Nacht im Eimer (The Big Night Down the Drain), made that year, depicts a figure of indiscernible age with a cadaverous pallor and yellow splotches, brandishing an oversized phallus beneath a soot-black veil. — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 30 Apr. 2026 Symptoms include pallor or loss of color in the skin, extreme tiredness, easy bruising, unusual bleeding, decreased urination or blood in the urine, swelling of the legs, confusion, seizures, stroke, and high blood pressure, the clinic states. — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 9 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pallor

Recent Examples of Synonyms for pallor

Noun

Some of the symptoms of iron-deficiency anemia include fatigue, weakness and paleness.

— BestReviews, Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2026
Other symptoms include fatigue, dizziness, paleness, and a rapid heart rate.

— Peter Pressman, Verywell Health, 9 Dec. 2025

Definition of paleness

Noun

Add the whale’s whiteness and you are left with a creature that is a visual tabula rasa upon which any interpretation can be written.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 July 2026
There’s a lot of anxiety about gender, race, and whiteness tied to the discourse about greatness.

— Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 23 June 2026