Nouns (1)
picket
n. a wooden strip forming part of a fence
Verbs (4)
blanch, blench, turn pale, grow pale
v. turn pale, as if in fear
Adverbs (0)
Adjectives (17)
pale
adj. (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"
pallid
adj. lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness; "a pale rendition of the aria"; "pale prose with the faint sweetness of lavender"; "a pallid performance"
fair, fairish
adj. (used of hair or skin) pale or light-colored; "a fair complexion";
pastel, whitish, palish, light-colored, light-coloured
adj. delicate and pale in color; "pastel pink"
pasty, wan, bloodless, lurid, livid, ashen, pallid, waxen
adj. deathly pale esp from physical or emotional distress: "ashen with grief"; "smiled with bloodless lips"; "as I imprinted the first kiss on her lips they became livid with the hue of death"
Fuzzynyms (154)
bleach
v. make whiter or lighter; "bleach the laundry"
lighten, brighten, become brighter
v. become brighter; "The sky brightened"
lighten, become lighter, lighten up
v. become lighter; "The room lightened up"
slur, blur, dim, become indistinct, become vague
v. become vague or indistinct; "The distinction between the two theories blurred"
fade, fade out
v. become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly; "The scene begins to fade"; "The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk"
bleach, decolor, decolorize, discolorize, remove color from, bleach out
v. remove color from; "The sun bleached the red shirt"
dull, make dull
v. make less lively or vigorous; "Middle age dulled her appetite for travel"
fade, wither, lose vigor, lose vitality, loose freshness
v. lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; "Her bloom was fading"
fade, languish
v. become feeble; "The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon"
dim, become lusterless, become dim
v. become dim or lusterless; "the lights dimmed and the curtain rose"
sallow, sickly
adj. unhealthy looking
pastel
adj. lacking in body or vigor; "faded pastel charms of the naive music"
light
adj. of comparatively little physical weight or density; "a light load"; "magnesium is a light metal--having a specific gravity of 1.74 at 20 degrees C"
wan, pallid
adj. (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"
pale, pasty, wan, bloodless, lurid, livid, ashen, pallid, waxen
adj. deathly pale esp from physical or emotional distress: "ashen with grief"; "smiled with bloodless lips"; "as I imprinted the first kiss on her lips they became livid with the hue of death"
deadening, boring, dreary, tedious, ho-hum, irksome, tiresome, wearisome
adj. so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention"; "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke; "tedious days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain; "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome"
tedious, humdrum, monotonous
adj. tediously repetitious or lacking in variety; "a humdrum existence; all work and no play"; "nothing is so monotonous as the sea"
colorless, colourless, uncolored, uncoloured
adj. weak in color; not colorful
light
adj. of comparatively little physical weight or density; "a light load"; "magnesium is a light metal--having a specific gravity of 1.74 at 20 degrees C"
bleached, faded, washed-out, washy
adj. having lost freshness or brilliance of color; "sun-bleached deck chairs"; "faded jeans"; "a very pale washed-out blue"; "washy colors"
creamy
adj. of the color of cream; "creamy translucent pebbles"
light
adj. (used of color) having a relatively small amount of coloring agent; "light blue"; "light colors such as pastels"; "a light-colored powder"
white
adj. being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light; "as white as fresh snow"; "a bride's white dress"
pale, pastel, whitish, palish, light-colored, light-coloured
adj. delicate and pale in color; "pastel pink"
pure, saturated, vivid, intense
adj. (of color) having the highest saturation; "vivid green"; "intense blue"
bleached, faded, washed-out, washy
adj. having lost freshness or brilliance of color; "sun-bleached deck chairs"; "faded jeans"; "a very pale washed-out blue"; "washy colors"
outermost, outmost
adj. situated at the farthest possible point from a center
exuberant, excessive, overweening, extravagant
adj. unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings; "extravagant praise"; "exuberant compliments"; "overweening ambition"; "overweening greed"
abundant
adj. present in great quantity; "an abundant supply of water"
extreme, Olympian, great, exceptional, prodigious, exceeding, surpassing
adj. far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree; "a night of exceeding darkness"; "an exceptional memory"; "olympian efforts to save the city from bankruptcy"; "the young Mozart's prodigious talents"
giving, liberal, big, handsome, bountiful, bounteous, openhanded, free-handed, big-hearted
adj. given or giving freely; "was a big tipper"; "the bounteous goodness of God"; "bountiful compliments"; "a freehanded host"; "a handsome allowance"; "Saturday's child is loving and giving"; "a liberal backer of the arts"; "a munificent gift"; "her fond and openhanded grandfather"
steep, exorbitant, extortionate, outrageous, unconscionable, usurious
adj. greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation; "exorbitant rent"; "extortionate prices"; "spends an outrageous amount on entertainment"; "usurious interest rate"; "unconscionable spending"
expensive
adj. high in price or charging high prices; "expensive clothes"; "an expensive shop"
overpriced
adj. too costly for the value; "overpriced items at resort shops"
incongruous, unreasonable, absurd
adj. inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense; "the absurd predicament of seeming to argue that virtue is highly desirable but intensely unpleasant"- Walter Lippman
hideous, horrid, outrageous
adj. grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror; "subjected to outrageous cruelty"; "a hideous pattern of injustice"; "horrific conditions in the mining industry"
blind, unreasonable, unreasoning
adj. not based on reason or evidence; "blind hatred"; "blind faith"; "unreasoning panic"
thin, sparse
adj. not dense; "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse"
scotch, sparing, economical, frugal, stinting
adj. avoiding waste; "an economical meal"; "an economical shopper"; "a frugal farmer"; "a frugal lunch"; "a sparing father and a spending son"; "sparing in their use of heat and light"; "stinting in bestowing gifts"; "thrifty because they remember the great Depression"; "`scotch' is used only informally"
moderate, temperate
adj. not extreme; "a moderate penalty"; "temperate in his response to criticism"
cautious, conservative
adj. avoiding excess; "a conservative estimate"
temperate
adj. not extreme in behavior; "temperate in his habits"; "a temperate response to an insult"; "temperate in his eating and drinking"
fair, fairish, reasonable
adj. not excessive or extreme; "a fairish income"; "reasonable prices"
white
adj. being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light; "as white as fresh snow"; "a bride's white dress"
fair, pale, fairish
adj. (used of hair or skin) pale or light-colored; "a fair complexion";
pure, saturated, vivid, intense
adj. (of color) having the highest saturation; "vivid green"; "intense blue"
pale, pallid
adj. lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness; "a pale rendition of the aria"; "pale prose with the faint sweetness of lavender"; "a pallid performance"
wan, pallid
adj. (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"
sallow, sickly
adj. unhealthy looking
flaming
adj. resembling flame in brilliance or color; "maple trees ablaze in autumn"; "flaming autumn leaves"
Synonyms (42)
anemic, anaemic
adj. lacking vigor or energy; "an anemic attempt to hit the baseball"
adynamic, asthenic, debilitated, enervated
adj. lacking strength or vigor
breakaway
adj. having separated or advocating separation from another entity or policy or attitude; "a breakaway faction"
faint, feeble
adj. lacking strength or vigor; "damning with faint praise"; "faint resistance"; "feeble efforts"; "a feeble voice"
lame, feeble
adj. pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness; "a feeble excuse"; "a lame argument"
slight, insubstantial
adj. having little substance or significance; "a flimsy excuse"; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"
flimsy, jerry-built
adj. of inferior workmanship and materials; "mean little jerry-built houses"
small, little
adj. (of a voice) faint; "a little voice"; "a still small voice"
namby-pamby, spineless, wishy-washy
adj. weak in willpower, courage or vitality
wan, pallid
adj. (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"
puny
adj. inferior in strength or significance; "a puny physique"; "puny excuses"
flimsy, tenuous
adj. having little substance or significance; "a flimsy excuse"; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"
thin
adj. having little substance or significance; "a flimsy excuse"; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"
vulnerable
adj. capable of being wounded or hurt; "vulnerable parts of the body"
washy
adj. overly diluted; thin and insipid; "washy coffee"; "watery milk"; "weak tea"
dull, drab
adj. lacking in interest: "her drab personality"; "his competent but dull performance of the role"
neutral
adj. lacking distinguishing quality or characteristics; "a neutral personality that made no impression whatever"
ash-blonde, platinum-blonde, towheaded, ash-blond, ash blonde
adj. of hair color; whitish
fair, sandy, flaxen
adj. of hair color; pale yellowish to yellowish brown; "flaxen locks"
nordic
adj. resembling peoples of Scandinavia
redheaded
adj. having red hair and usually fair skin
neutral
adj. lacking distinguishing quality or characteristics; "a neutral personality that made no impression whatever"
Antonyms (1)
dark
adj. (used of color) having a dark hue; "dark green"; "dark glasses"; "dark colors like wine red or navy blue"
pale
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