pale

  • (noun): Paleness; pallor.
  • (verb): To turn pale; to lose colour.
  • (verb): To become insignificant.
  • (verb): To make pale; to diminish the brightness of.
  • (adjective): Light in color.
  • (adjective): (of human skin) Having a pallor (a light color, especially due to sickness, shock, fright etc.).
  • (adjective): Feeble, faint.
  • I have pale yellow wallpaper.
  • His face turned pale after hearing about his mother's death.
  • He is but a pale shadow of his former self.