How to use pale in a sentence. She has a naturally pale complexion and dark hair. Pale implies a faintness or absence of color, which may be natural when applied to things, the pale blue of a violet, but when used to refer to the human face usually means an unnatural and often temporary absence of color, as arising from sickness or sudden emotion Pale synonyms, pale pronunciation, pale translation, english dictionary definition of pale The patient looked pale and thin. Pale means having little color. when something's light colored, you can describe it as pale, like a pale light shining in the kitchen at night, or a person's pale face when they're suffering from the flu.
Other uses pale (heraldry), a vertical mark running down the centre of a flag or shield pálē (in greek Πάλη), the greek name for ancient greek wrestling palisade, a fence made from paling, sticks or logs sharpened on one end into pale s with the other on or embedded into the ground pallor, a paleness of the skin If someone looks pale, their face looks a lighter colour than usual, usually because they are ill, frightened, or shocked She looked pale and tired
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