PALLOR Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

pallor

noun

Definition of pallor

as in paleness

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Recent Examples of pallor The pallor of mortality is a reminder, for some, of the heat wave in the summer of 2003, when nearly fifteen thousand people perished in France. — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 27 June 2026 The underlying songwriting is impulsive, but many tracks adopt a deliberately sedate mood or sort through dense clusters of cut-up loops, and Alfa’s spatialization gives the album a pallor that can resemble brain fog. — H.d. Angel, Pitchfork, 16 June 2026 Already, his story had begun to take on the grim pallor of tragedy. — Jack Lang, New York Times, 28 May 2026 Addae is developing zinc oxide sunscreens that don’t leave as much of a white pallor by changing the shape of the chemical’s particle structure, an advancement which may be particularly beneficial for people with darker skin tones. — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 25 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for pallor

Recent Examples of Synonyms for pallor

Noun

Some of the symptoms of iron-deficiency anemia include fatigue, weakness and paleness.

— BestReviews, Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2026
Other symptoms include fatigue, dizziness, paleness, and a rapid heart rate.

— Peter Pressman, Verywell Health, 9 Dec. 2025

Definition of paleness

Noun

In slaveholding societies divided between Black and white, Jews were perceived as white and enjoyed the benefits of whiteness – including participation in the slave economy.

— Ashley Walters, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026
Those of us with some money or connections or whiteness could save these schools with our privilege.

— Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2026