The meaning of PALE is deficient in color or intensity of color : pallid. How to use pale in a sentence.

PALE definition: 1. used to describe a person's face or skin if it has less colour than usual, for example when the…. Learn more.

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. He went deathly pale.

Define pale. pale synonyms, pale pronunciation, pale translation, English dictionary definition of pale. pallid; light; feeble; weak: The patient looked pale and thin.

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 …

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 …

Oct 7, 2025 · pale (third-person singular simple present pales, present participle paling, simple past and past participle paled) (intransitive) To turn pale; to lose colour. quotations

PALE meaning: 1 : light in color; 2 : having a skin color that is closer to white than is usual or normal

Synonyms for PALE: faded, light, dulled, dull, faint, pastel, grey, white; Antonyms of PALE: dark, rich, deep, bright, vivid, gay, brilliant, colored

You're looking a bit pale - are you all right? (Definition of pale from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)