palish

adjective

Definition of palishnext
as in white

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  1. white
  2. pale
  3. sallow
  4. pallid
  5. ashen
  6. wan
  7. ashy
  8. pasty
Adjective
  • One of the details described the placement of Guthrie's Apple Watch with a white wrist band that was left on the floor next to her bed.
    — Anna Schecter, CBS News, 2 July 2026
  • Paltrow wore a black, strapless gown and buckled slippers, while Martin sported a two-tone brown-and-blue sweater over a white T-shirt, with brown corduroy pants and a stylishly thin belt.
    — Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 2 July 2026
Definition of white
Adjective
  • 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
Adjective
  • The colors are really sallow and kind of ugly.
    — Marah Eakin, Vulture, 14 May 2026
  • The cold of winter can leave your complexion dry, sallow, and desperate for hydration.
    — Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 2 Apr. 2026
Definition of sallow
Adjective
  • 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
Adjective
  • Always, always those little ashen faces.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 May 2026
  • Nonetheless, at the end of the screening many members of the Vogue staff attended this week, one colleague turned to me with a slightly ashen look.
    — Chloe Schama, Vogue, 1 May 2026
Definition of ashen
Adjective
  • If the land in question has been converted from agricultural fields to golf-course acreage, the net impact of those other factors might actually be lessened, but that’s a wan exculpation.
    — David Quammen, Outside Online, 2 Mar. 2020
  • The industrial lagers were flavorless, wan and dilute; craft beer, by contrast, would be rich, complex and delicious.
    — Esther Mobley, SFChronicle.com, 31 Jan. 2020
Definition of wan
Adjective
  • For an olive or medium complexion, a neutral contour shade (neither cool nor warm) will avoid an ashy gray hue.
    — Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 27 June 2026
  • Before the rookie makeovers, Courtni Shea had never colored her hair, which was originally an ashy brown color.
    — Julie Tremaine, PEOPLE, 20 June 2026
Definition of ashy
Adjective
  • Just get over it, red-haired, pasty Kathy Griffin, with light-skinned, red-haired Karen Bass.
    — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 10 June 2026
  • These sorta-spicy spud nuggets become pasty and dry in there.
    — Alex Beggs, Bon Appetit Magazine, 25 Apr. 2026
Definition of pasty
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