pallid

pallid is a 6-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Deficient in color; pale; wan; as, a pallid countenance; pallid blue. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 12 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Deficient in color; pale; wan; as, a pallid countenance; pallid blue.
2. adjective. abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress

   "the pallid face of the invalid"

   "her wan face suddenly flushed"

   Synonyms: pale, wan

3. adjective. lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness

   "a pale rendition of the aria"

   "pale prose with the faint sweetness of lavender"

   Synonyms: pale

4. adjective. (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble

   "the pale light of a half moon"

   "a pale sun"

   Synonyms: pale, sick, wan

Synonyms

pale, wan, sick

Common word forms

pallider, pallidly, pallidest, pallidity, pallidness

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