Definition: abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress
Usage: the pallid face of the invalid; her wan face suddenly flushed
Similar words: colorless, colourless
Definition: weak in color; not colorful
Definition: lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness
Usage: a pale rendition of the aria; pale prose with the faint sweetness of lavender; a pallid performance
Similar words: colorless, colourless
Definition: lacking in variety and interest
Usage: a colorless and unimaginative person; a colorless description of the parade
Synonyms: pale, pallid, wan, sick
Definition: (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble
Usage: 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