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Pale

Wanting in color; not ruddy; dusky white; pallid; wan; as, a pale face; a pale red; a pale blue.

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Similar meaning 8

Colorless 84% connected

Without color; not distinguished by any hue; transparent; as, colorless water.

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Colorless 84% connected

Without color; not distinguished by any hue; transparent; as, colorless water.

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Light 84% connected

That agent, force, or action in nature by the operation of which upon the organs of sight, objects are rendered visible or luminous.

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Light 84% connected

That agent, force, or action in nature by the operation of which upon the organs of sight, objects are rendered visible or luminous.

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Thin 84% connected

Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite; as, a thin plate of metal; thin paper; a thin board; a thin covering.

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Thin 84% connected

Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite; as, a thin plate of metal; thin paper; a thin board; a thin covering.

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Weak 84% connected

Wanting physical strength.

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Weak 84% connected

Wanting physical strength.

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Color 76% connected

A property depending on the relations of light to the eye, by which individual and specific differences in the hues and tints of objects are apprehen…

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Colour 76% connected

See Color.

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Discolor 76% connected

To alter the natural hue or color of; to change to a different color; to stain; to tinge; as, a drop of wine will discolor water; silver is discolore…

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Strip 76% connected

To deprive; to bereave; to make destitute; to plunder; especially, to deprive of a covering; to skin; to peel; as, to strip a man of his possession,…

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Paleness 74% connected

The quality or condition of being pale; want of freshness or ruddiness; a sickly whiteness; lack of color or luster; wanness.

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Paleness 74% connected

The quality or condition of being pale; want of freshness or ruddiness; a sickly whiteness; lack of color or luster; wanness.

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Pallidness 74% connected

The quality or state of being pallid; paleness; pallor; wanness.

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Pallidness 74% connected

The quality or state of being pallid; paleness; pallor; wanness.

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Picket 74% connected

A stake sharpened or pointed, especially one used in fortification and encampments, to mark bounds and angles; or one used for tethering horses.

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Picket 74% connected

A stake sharpened or pointed, especially one used in fortification and encampments, to mark bounds and angles; or one used for tethering horses.

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Containing whole 1

Paling 70% connected

of Pale

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Synonym 6

Blanch 92% connected

To take the color out of, and make white; to bleach; as, to blanch linen; age has blanched his hair.

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Blench 92% connected

To shrink; to start back; to draw back, from lack of courage or resolution; to flinch; to quail.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pallid 92% connected

Deficient in color; pale; wan; as, a pallid countenance; pallid blue.

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Picket 92% connected

A stake sharpened or pointed, especially one used in fortification and encampments, to mark bounds and angles; or one used for tethering horses.

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Sick 92% connected

Affected with disease of any kind; ill; indisposed; not in health. See the Synonym under Illness.

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Wan 92% connected

Won.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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