pale
payl
- n a wooden strip forming part of a fence
- v turn pale, as if in fear
- s very light colored; highly diluted with white
pale seagreen
pale blue eyes - s (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
the pale (or wan) stars - s lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness
a pale rendition of the aria
pale prose with the faint sweetness of lavender - s abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress
- s not full or rich
high, pale, pure and lovely song
- Guardsmen, pale in the pale dawn light, ringed the hangar as Alderman mounted the scaffold.
- Broad, flat, pale and gray may not sound like a formula for pleasure.
- The Russian President's pale blue eyes are so cool, so devoid of emotion that the stare must have begun as an affect, the gesture of someone who understood that power might be .