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# paleness

«paleness» in Mova's school dictionary: **The state of being pale: having a light colour or less…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (paleness, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The state of being pale: having a light colour or less colour than usual. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paleness/#m1)

2) Lightness of a person's face when they are ill, tired or frightened. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paleness/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories, a character's paleness shows fear, shock or illness. In health, paleness of the skin can be a sign of being unwell, cold or low on iron. In art, paleness means a light, soft colour.

### examples

- Her paleness worried the school nurse. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paleness/#x1)
- The paleness of the sky meant snow was coming. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paleness/#x2)
- He noticed the paleness of the ghostly figure. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paleness/#x3)
- After the flu, his paleness lasted a week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paleness/#x4)
- The paleness of the wall made the room feel cool. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paleness/#x5)
- Fear showed in the sudden paleness of her face. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paleness/#x6)

### note

Uncountable noun. From "pale" (adjective: pale, paler, palest). Similar: pallor, which is more formal and used mostly for faces. Do not confuse "pale" with "pail" (a bucket).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «paleness» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paleness/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.