ALL meanings of paler
pale
P p - adjective paler light-colored or lacking in color: a pale complexion; his pale face; a pale child. lacking the usual intensity of color due to fear, illness, stress, etc.: She looked pale and unwell when we visited her in the nursing home. 1
- adjective paler of a low degree of chroma, saturation, or purity; approaching white or gray: pale yellow. 1
- adjective paler not bright or brilliant; dim: the pale moon. 1
- adjective paler faint or feeble; lacking vigor: a pale protest. 1
- verb without object paler to become pale: to pale at the sight of blood. 1
- verb without object paler to seem less important, remarkable, etc., especially when compared with something else: Platinum is so rare that even gold pales in comparison. 1
- verb with object paler to make pale. 1