Antonyms for pale
peɪlpale

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1. pale

   Antonyms:
   ruddy, high-colored, conspicuous, deep

   Synonyms:
   pallid, wan, faint, dim, undefined, etiolated, sallow, cadaverous

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1. picket, paleadjective

   a wooden strip forming part of a fence

   Antonyms:
   colorful, colourful, strong, full, dark

   Synonyms:
   spotter, lookout man, lookout, piquet, sentry, watch, picket, sentinel, scout

2. paleadjective

   very light colored; highly diluted with white

   "pale seagreen"; "pale blue eyes"

   Antonyms:
   colorful, colourful, strong, dark, full

   Synonyms:
   pallid, wan, sick

3. pale, pallid, wan, sickadjective

   (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"; "a pallid sky"; "the pale (or wan) stars"; "the wan light of dawn"

   Antonyms:
   colorful, full, dark, colourful, strong

   Synonyms:
   queasy, sickish, mad, unhinged, sick(p), sick, ghastly, grisly, wan, fed up(p), gruesome, nauseous, macabre, brainsick, ill, sick of(p), demented, crazy, grim, disturbed, tired of(p), unbalanced, disgusted, nauseated, pallid

4. pale, pallidadjective

   lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness

   "a pale rendition of the aria"; "pale prose with the faint sweetness of lavender"; "a pallid performance"

   Antonyms:
   colourful, full, dark, colorful, strong

   Synonyms:
   pallid, wan, sick

5. pale, pallid, wanadjective

   abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress

   "the pallid face of the invalid"; "her wan face suddenly flushed"

   Antonyms:
   strong, colorful, dark, colourful, full

   Synonyms:
   pallid, wan, sick

6. paleverb

   not full or rich

   "high, pale, pure and lovely song"

   Antonyms:
   full, strong, colourful, colorful, dark

   Synonyms:
   pallid, wan, sick

7. pale, blanch, blenchverb

   turn pale, as if in fear

   Antonyms:
   colourful, full, strong, colorful, dark

   Synonyms:
   parboil, blench, blanch

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1. paleadjective

   Antonyms:
   ruddy, buxom, flushed, blowzed

   Synonyms:
   pallid, wan, colorless, ghastly, blanched, cadaverous, etiolate, ashy, dim, faint, indistinct, obscure

2. palenoun

   Synonyms:
   picket, boundary, limit, confine, fence, inclosure

How to use pale in a sentence?

1. Nicholas Smith:

   At the moment people are assuming that oil is a barometer of global trade and they worry that falling oil prices mean there is no demand, but all other concerns pale in significance to next week's Fed meeting. The trouble with this recent volatility is it makes it harder to work out sentiment surrounding a possible rate hike.

2. Batman:

   The Joker Tell me something, my friend. You ever dance with the devil by the pale moonlight

3. Matt Schlapp:

   Ronald Reagan deserves this lofty platform Ronald Reagan is on, where people want to refer to Ronald Reagan, they want to compare themselves to Ronald Reagan. I think that is all positive, at this moment, we need a conservative who speaks not in pale pastels but bold colors.

4. Bill Nelson:

   As dangerous a threat as Iran is to Israel and our allies, it would pale in the threat posed to them and to us by a nuclear-armed Iran.

5. Brad Raffensperger:

   Some people have made comments that,' It comes with the territory.' I find that beyond the pale, what you're talking about is not just Brad Raffensperger, but you're also talking about my wife, my daughter-in-law, my family.

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