The meaning of PALE is deficient in color or intensity of color : pallid. How to use pale in a sentence.

You're looking pale - are you feeling well? She has a naturally pale complexion and dark hair.

to make or become pale or paler; blanch (intransitive) often followed by before: to lose superiority or importance (in comparison to): Cameron's achievements paled beside Holly's

Definition of pale adjective in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Pale implies a faintness or absence of color, which may be natural when applied to things, the pale blue of a violet, but when used to refer to the human face usually means an unnatural and often …

Pale means "having little color." When something's light colored, you can describe it as pale, like a pale light shining in the kitchen at night, or a person's pale face when they're suffering from the flu.

If someone looks pale, their face looks a lighter colour than usual, usually because they are ill, frightened, or shocked. She looked pale and tired. He went deathly pale.

She has a pale complexion. His pale [= fair] skin burns easily. Her illness had left her pale and weak.

If something is pale, it is very light in color or almost white. Migrating birds filled the pale sky. As we age, our skin becomes paler.

You're looking pale - are you feeling well? She has a naturally pale complexion and dark hair.