PALED Synonyms: 90 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in pale

lacking a healthy skin color the shock of the news left him paled and shaking

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verb

past tense of pale

as in faded

to make white or whiter by removing color the sun eventually paled my bright blue shirt

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That paled in comparison to a 6-degree increase in temperate zones – that’s twice as high. — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 21 June 2026 But the output paled in comparison to a stellar rookie season during which his 1,194 yards led all tight ends. — Sam Warren, New York Times, 2 June 2026 In her early years at the helm in Norman, Kindler’s recruiting options paled in comparison to today’s. — Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026 Past efforts at protecting the Declaration paled in comparison to the full power of modern science brought to bear for the first time to preserve the timeworn parchment. — Literary Hub, 13 May 2026 The hoopla surrounding Clark’s win paled in comparison to how the Rookie of the Year the following season chose to celebrate her moment. — Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 4 May 2026 Wolff said the president paled at the idea of a presidential library (classic Reading Derangement Syndrome). — Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2026 Artist Meredith Reynolds believed Platner’s past paled into insignificance when compared with his opponents. — David Millward, The Washington Examiner, 7 June 2026 Vitello got an appetizer of the rivalry during spring training when the Giants played the Dodgers twice during Cactus League play, but those exhibitions in Scottsdale and Glendale paled in comparison to the real deal in San Francisco. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for paled

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The room, its walls expensively craquelure'd to resemble fractured eggshells, its pale taffeta curtains billowing in the chill English breeze, is more Hollywood boudoir than office.

— Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 5 July 2026
But when taken together, our present divisions pale in comparison to the historical record.

— Drew Pittock, USA Today, 5 July 2026

Definition of pale

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As impact heating faded, the upper mantle cooled, and the once-thin basaltic crust thickened.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 5 July 2026
On Saturday night, the visibility faded to a point where the old-school scoreboard above the center-field bleachers could not be seen from the press box high atop the Friendly Confines.

— Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 5 July 2026

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Opponents of the proposal want the county to consider different locations for the park site, arguing the project may harm a variety of native species to the area, including the western spadefoot toad and pallid bats.

— Hannah Elsmore, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 May 2026
While disrupting the business of an American multinational company may seem a pallid response to the destruction of an Iranian primary school where more than a hundred children were killed, such asymmetric attacks in the physical and digital realms have been a feature of this conflict.

— Sue Halpern, New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2026

Definition of pallid

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After seeing their brows bleached for the first time at our shoot, Megan and Daniela’s excited screams cause everyone’s heads to whip toward the glam room in a mixture of both fear and curiosity.

— Elizabeth Gulino, Allure, 25 June 2026
Ortega can be seen leaving her Wednesday-era long jet-black hair and bleached eyebrows behind.

— Lara Walsh, InStyle, 22 June 2026

Definition of bleached

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The scale of recent left-wing victories in New York brightened the spotlight on progressive Democrats everywhere, especially in politically competitive states.

— David Weigel, semafor.com, 1 July 2026
Plus, the color payoff is very impressive—after just one swipe its orangey-nude color complemented my tan, and brightened my complexion.

— Reece Andavolgyi, InStyle, 30 June 2026

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