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• s  abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress
  the pallid face of the invalid
• s  (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble
  a pallid sky
• s  lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness
  a pallid performance

• Flappers sat with blanched faces; bewhiskered Hebrews rocked back and forth with supressed excitement; Ukrainians, more pallid than ever, glanced nervously through their .
• To me, though, The Silence of the Lambs was to me a competent but pallid version of Thomas Harris' soul-chilling novel.
• Imported by NBC-TV in 1963, the American version of TW3 lasted two pallid seasons.

• pale
• wan
• sick

News & Articles

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• Male Gaze: Marni’s Brooding Man for a Gloomy Day
  If pallid, brooding, skinny men make your pulse race, we've found the man that will sweep you off your feet in this inclement weather. The Cut received the giant tome that is Marni Uomo's men's autumn-winter 2013–2014 look book, stuffed entirely with photos, portraits, up-close shots, and black-and-white photo-booth-like series ... More »
  June 10, 2013 - New York Magazine

Quotes

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• Jimi Hendrix in Joplin Globe
  We need this order to ensure the corps does not make this catastrophe even worse by sending more water downstream for the pallid sturgeon, where any rise would only add to the devastation along the streams and rivers that empty into the Missouri... Richard Nixon http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFq4RHPf7Bq9TjBpFN2MrPHQqiS4A Examiner.com http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.examiner.com/a-1298780~Mo__AG_files_lawsuit_to_try_to_stop_spring_rise_on_Missouri_River.html&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNG2cb75teCkEdh6zizPPpjUTy66RA Mar 24, 2008 71823 95994 pallid They feel like they are responsible for a lot of the low numbers of pallid sturgeon," Hendrix said.