Synonyms of pallid

pallid

adjective

ˈpa-ləd 

as in pale

lacking a healthy skin color

a pallid man who looked as though he'd never seen the sun

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pale
• paled
• ashen
• pasty
• ashy
• cadaverous
• blanched
• wan
• doughy
• mealy
• sick
• lurid
• livid
• white
• sallow
• peaked
• waxen
• sickly
• waxy
• anemic
• whitened
• bloodless
• untanned
• white-faced
• sallowish
• whey-faced

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• red
• ruddy
• rosy
• sanguine
• florid
• glowing
• blooming
• flush
• pink
• rubicund
• full-blooded
• flushed
• blushing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pallid

Yet everything about this pallid stunt comedy, from the increasingly gross setpieces (at one point, Barrymore’s Nancy pukes directly into her husband’s mouth) to the wasting of normally great character actors in minor roles (Harvey Fierstein! —Sean Malin, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024

That pallid face hadn’t smelled of evil in the least. —Yukio Mishima, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2024

This dish came in a silicone vessel even more innovative than the fake eyeball: a replica of a man’s bald, pallid head, severed just below the eyebrows. —Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024

While Biden is no longer the nominee, a major part of Harris’ task early in the race has been rebuilding her predecessor’s pallid polling, especially in the Midwest and the Sun Belt, which are considered key for victory in November. —Nico Lang, Them, 6 Aug. 2024