'Pallid' definitions:
Definition of 'pallid'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress; "the pallid face of the invalid"; "her wan face suddenly flushed" [syn: pale, pallid, wan]
adjective
(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" [syn: pale, pallid, wan, sick]
adjective
Lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness; "a pale rendition of the aria"; "pale prose with the faint sweetness of lavender"; "a pallid performance" [syn: pale, pallid]
Definition of 'Pallid'
From: GCIDE
- Pallid \Pal"lid\, a. [L. pallidus, fr. pallere to be or look pale. See pale, a.] Deficient in color; pale; wan; as, a pallid countenance; pallid blue. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'pallid'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- achromatic,
- achromic,
- aghast,
- anemic,
- appalled,
- arid,
- ashen,
- ashy,
- astounded,
- awed,
- awestricken,
- awestruck,
- barren,
- blah,
- blanched,
- blank,
- bled white,
- bloodless,
- cadaverous,
- characterless,
- chloranemic,
- cold,
- colorless,
- cowed,
- dead,
- deadly pale,
- deathly pale,
- dim,
- dimmed,
- dingy,
- discolored,
- dismal,
- doughy,
- draggy,
- drearisome,
- dreary,
- dry,
- dryasdust,
- dull,
- dusty,
- effete,
- elephantine,
- empty,
- etiolated,
- exsanguinated,
- exsanguine,
- exsanguineous,
- fade,
- faded,
- faint,
- fallow,
- flat,
- frozen,
- ghastly,
- gray,
- gray with fear,
- haggard,
- heavy,
- ho-hum,
- hollow,
- horrified,
- horror-struck,
- hueless,
- hypochromic,
- inane,
- inexcitable,
- insipid,
- intimidated,
- jejune,
- lackluster,
- leaden,
- lifeless,
- livid,
- low-spirited,
- lurid,
- lusterless,
- mat,
- mealy,
- muddy,
- neutral,
- pale,
- pale as death,
- pale-faced,
- paralyzed,
- pasty,
- pedestrian,
- petrified,
- plodding,
- pointless,
- poky,
- ponderous,
- sallow,
- scared stiff,
- scared to death,
- sickly,
- slow,
- solemn,
- spiritless,
- sterile,
- stiff,
- stodgy,
- stuffy,
- stunned,
- stupefied,
- superficial,
- tallow-faced,
- tasteless,
- tedious,
- terrified,
- terror-crazed,
- terror-haunted,
- terror-ridden,
- terror-riven,
- terror-shaken,
- terror-smitten,
- terror-struck,
- terror-troubled,
- toneless,
- uncolored,
- undone,
- unlively,
- unmanned,
- unnerved,
- unstrung,
- vapid,
- wan,
- washed-out,
- waterish,
- watery,
- waxen,
- weak,
- whey-faced,
- white,
- wooden