1
: deficient in color : wan
a pallid countenance
2
: lacking sparkle or liveliness : dull
a pallid entertainment
The movie is a pallid version of the classic novel.
pallidly
adverb
pallidness
noun
Examples of pallid in a Sentence
The movie is a pallid version of the classic novel.
a pallid man who looked as though he'd never seen the sun
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Tallow or beef fat is usually pale, off-white, sometimes yellow: complexion was a key sign of chlorosis, which was named with a Greek word meaning pale, pallid, or yellow-green.
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Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 27 Sep. 2025
Morfydd Clark, pallid at first, has some emotive scenes at the wedding when Ophelia rails at Hamlet for turning away from her.
—Caryn James, HollywoodReporter, 30 Aug. 2025
Yet senior test kitchen editor Jesse Szewczyk recently took one of those pallid lumps and coaxed utter brilliance from it.
—Chris Morocco, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Aug. 2025
Robert Vaughn is a particularly pallid villain, and the movie’s case against computers, uh, hasn’t aged too well.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 11 July 2025
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Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 27 Sep. 2025
Morfydd Clark, pallid at first, has some emotive scenes at the wedding when Ophelia rails at Hamlet for turning away from her.
—Caryn James, HollywoodReporter, 30 Aug. 2025
Yet senior test kitchen editor Jesse Szewczyk recently took one of those pallid lumps and coaxed utter brilliance from it.
—Chris Morocco, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Aug. 2025
Robert Vaughn is a particularly pallid villain, and the movie’s case against computers, uh, hasn’t aged too well.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 11 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for pallid
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“Pallid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pallid. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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