Nouns (2)
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picket, pale
n. a wooden strip forming part of a fence
Verbs (3)
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pale, blanch, blench
v. turn pale, as if in fear
Adverbs (0)
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Adjectives (3)
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pale
adj. not full or rich; "high, pale, pure and lovely song"
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"
Fuzzynyms (47)
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bleach
v. make whiter or lighter; "bleach the laundry"
lighten, brighten, become brighter
v. become brighter; "The sky brightened"
lighten, lighten up
v. become lighter; "The room lightened up"
blur, dim, slur
v. become vague or indistinct; "The distinction between the two theories blurred"
fade, melt
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, bleach out, decolor, decolour, decolorize, decolourize, decolorise, decolourise, discolorize, discolourise, discolorise
v. remove color from; "The sun bleached the red shirt"
dull
v. make less lively or vigorous; "Middle age dulled her appetite for travel"
fade, wither
v. lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; "Her bloom was fading"
languish, fade
v. become feeble; "The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon"
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. designed for ease of movement or to carry little weight; "light aircraft"; "a light truck"
wan
adj. lacking vitality as from weariness or illness or unhappiness; "a wan smile"
waxen, waxlike, waxy
adj. having the paleness of wax; "the poor face with the same awful waxen pallor"- Bram Stoker; "the soldier turned his waxlike features toward him"; "a thin face with a waxy paleness"
boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, 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"
humdrum, monotonous
adj. tediously repetitious or lacking in variety; "a humdrum existence; all work and no play"; "nothing is so monotonous as the sea"
Synonyms (33)
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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"
feeble, lame
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"
jerry-built, shoddy
adj. of inferior workmanship and materials; "mean little jerry-built houses"
little, small
adj. (of a voice) faint; "a little voice"; "a still small voice"
namby-pamby, gutless, spineless, wishy-washy
adj. weak in willpower, courage or vitality
wan
adj. lacking vitality as from weariness or illness or unhappiness; "a wan smile"
puny
adj. inferior in strength or significance; "a puny physique"; "puny excuses"
flimsy, fragile, slight, tenuous, thin
adj. lacking substance or significance; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"; a fragile claim to fame"
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"
Antonyms (0)
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