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adjective

Definition of blanchednext
as in pallid
lacking a healthy skin color looking blanched and feeble after a long illness

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blanched

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verb

past tense of blanch
as in bleached
to make white or whiter by removing color a good washing with bleach should blanch these yellowed sheets

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  1. pallid
  2. pale
  3. brightened
Adjective
  • Yet everything about this pallid stunt comedy, from the increasingly gross setpieces (at one point, Barrymore’s Nancy pukes directly into her husband’s mouth) to the wasting of normally great character actors in minor roles (Harvey Fierstein!
    Sean Malin, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
  • That pallid face hadn’t smelled of evil in the least.
    Yukio Mishima, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2024
Definition of pallid
Adjective
  • Zoom out: Both totals pale in comparison to spending in swing states.
    Adam Tamburin, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Her daughter was breathing heavily, hunched over in pain, pale in the face.
    Lizzie Presser and Kavitha Surana, CNN, 3 Nov. 2024
Definition of pale
Verb
  • Due to geochemical weathering, this CO2 has been drawn down into carbonate rocks as the Sun has brightened, says Schwieterman.
    Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
  • Whereas the Apple phone app tends to turn every color warm, this one is very blue and cool, and the background behind the tree is dim rather than eye-burningly brightened.
    Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2024
Definition of brightened
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