pallid

adjective

pal·lid ˈpa-ləd

Synonyms of pallid next

: deficient in color : wan

a pallid countenance

: lacking sparkle or liveliness : dull

a pallid entertainment

The movie is a pallid version of the classic novel.

pallidly adverb

pallidness noun

Example Sentences

The movie is a pallid version of the classic novel. a pallid man who looked as though he'd never seen the sun

Recent Examples on the Web The Oscars ceremony was a pallid and watered-down entertainment, with little of what makes anybody care about movies. —

Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2023 In a study of the Chihuahuan Desert in the American Southwest and northern Mexico, ancient packrats were found to have collected remains of everything from 9,000-year-old pocket gophers to 12,000-year-old pallid bats. —

Carolyn Wells, Longreads, 15 July 2022 The bird-dropping moth and other species proposed for addition — including the fat pocketbook mussel, the pallid shiner and the crawfish frog — may not be as iconic or photogenic as some species, but each is an important part of Indiana’s various ecosystems. —

Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Mar. 2022 The Steak au Poivre was pallid (wouldn’t serve it to my doggy!). —

Pat Myers, Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2022 But those are pallid, inferior, lacking in flavor. —

Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Feb. 2022 Something about the light was pallid, an ill wind. —

Adam Rogers, Wired, 10 Sep. 2020 The rock star’s wife (Camila Morrone as Camila) should be the clear loser here, a pallid enforcer of bourgeois social norms competing against the truth-telling iconoclast. —

Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2023 But the lucky customer who bought it will now be able to immortalize the two entire minutes during which a fly perched on the vice president’s perfectly coiffed hairdo framing his pallid face, before buzzing off to more enjoyable places. —

Sarah Ravits, NOLA.com, 8 Oct. 2020 See More

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