Abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress:
— The pallid face of the invalid.

synonyms: pale, wan.

Roget 429: uncolored etc. (color) etc. 428; colorless, achromatic, aplanatic^†; etiolate, etiolated; hueless^†, pale, pallid; palefaced^†, tallow-faced; faint, dull, cold, muddy, leaden, dun, wan, sallow, dead, dingy, ashy, ashen, ghastly, cadaverous, glassy, lackluster; discolored etc. v.. light-colored, fair, blond; white etc. 430.    pale as death, pale as ashes, pale as a witch, pale as a ghost, pale as a corpse, white as a corpse.    ... show more

Polish: blady

of light Lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble:
— A pallid sky.

synonyms: pale, sick, wan.

Lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness:
— A pallid performance.

synonym: pale.