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pallid

/ˈpælɪd/adjective

उच्चारण पैलिड

पीला, फीका, रक्तहीन (चेहरा), बीमार-सा

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  1. 1

    (of a person's face or skin) pale, especially because of illness or weakness

    पीला, फीका, रक्तहीन (चेहरा), बीमार-सा

    • After a month in hospital he looked pallid and thin.
    • her pallid face in the lamplight
    • The patient's pallid cheeks worried the nurse.
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    • He looked pallid after the long night shift.
    • The child's pallid face brightened when she saw her mother.

    Synonyms pale wan ashen colourless sallow

    Opposite ruddy rosy flushed healthy-looking

  2. 2

    lacking colour, energy or interest

    फीका, नीरस, जान रहित (प्रदर्शन, रंग)

    • a pallid performance that put the audience to sleep
    • the pallid light of a winter dawn
    • The film was a pallid copy of the original.
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    • A pallid moon hung over the misty fields.
    • He gave a pallid smile and said nothing more.

    Synonyms colourless insipid lifeless weak feeble

    Opposite vivid lively vigorous colourful

◇Word family
pallor nounpale adj.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling

pal·lid

Double l and -id (not 'palid' or 'pallied'); the noun pallor (an unhealthy paleness).

दो l और अंत में -id ('palid' या 'pallied' गलत है); noun pallor (अस्वस्थ पीलापन)।

?Which word?

Keep the pale words in order: pale (general), pallid and wan (unhealthily pale), ashen (grey with shock), sallow (yellowish), pasty.

पीलेपन के शब्द क्रम में याद रखिए: pale (सामान्य), pallid और wan (अस्वस्थ रूप से पीला), ashen (सदमे से राख जैसा), sallow (पीलापन लिए), pasty।

⌂Word origin and word building

From the Latin pallere, to be pale, as in pale and appal.

Latin pallere, पीला होना, से, pale और appal की तरह।