Thesaurus:pallid

Thesaurus

pallid

English

Adjective

Sense: sickly pale

Synonyms

• ashen
• ashen-faced
• ashy
• blake
• blanched
• bleak
• bloodless
• chalky
• exsanguious
• ghastly
• grey
• livid
• pale
• pallid
• pasty
• sallow
• wan
• white
• whey-faced

Antonyms

• gaudy    [⇒ thesaurus]
• rosy
• ruddy

Hypernyms

• cadaverous    [⇒ thesaurus]
• sickly

Holonyms

• complexion
• countenance    [⇒ thesaurus]

Further reading

• “429. achromatism” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “pallid” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.