palish

Definition of palishnext

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Adjective
  • One of the details described the placement of Guthrie's Apple Watch with a white wrist band that was left on the floor next to her bed.
    Anna Schecter, CBS News, 2 July 2026
  • Paltrow wore a black, strapless gown and buckled slippers, while Martin sported a two-tone brown-and-blue sweater over a white T-shirt, with brown corduroy pants and a stylishly thin belt.
    Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 2 July 2026
Adjective
  • That’s also when a Seattle gastroenterologist named Walter Voegtlin published a pale volume with a drawing of a loincloth-wearing hominid on the cover.
    David Merritt Johns, The Atlantic, 27 June 2026
  • Bartlett’s character is like a rock slab, a vestige of an ancient religion, brought to life in overlapping strips of muslin, linen, and leather in shades of dove, cream, gray, and pale blue, with his hood pulled tight around his face and his hands wrapped in mittens.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 26 June 2026
Adjective
  • The colors are really sallow and kind of ugly.
    Marah Eakin, Vulture, 14 May 2026
  • The cold of winter can leave your complexion dry, sallow, and desperate for hydration.
    Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 2 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Opponents of the proposal want the county to consider different locations for the park site, arguing the project may harm a variety of native species to the area, including the western spadefoot toad and pallid bats.
    Hannah Elsmore, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 May 2026
  • While disrupting the business of an American multinational company may seem a pallid response to the destruction of an Iranian primary school where more than a hundred children were killed, such asymmetric attacks in the physical and digital realms have been a feature of this conflict.
    Sue Halpern, New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Always, always those little ashen faces.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 May 2026
  • Hitchcock didn’t respond, his face slowly turning ashen.
    Jeffrey Collins, Sun Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • If the land in question has been converted from agricultural fields to golf-course acreage, the net impact of those other factors might actually be lessened, but that’s a wan exculpation.
    David Quammen, Outside Online, 2 Mar. 2020
  • The industrial lagers were flavorless, wan and dilute; craft beer, by contrast, would be rich, complex and delicious.
    Esther Mobley, SFChronicle.com, 31 Jan. 2020
Adjective
  • Before the rookie makeovers, Courtni Shea had never colored her hair, which was originally an ashy brown color.
    Julie Tremaine, PEOPLE, 20 June 2026
  • Created with melanin-rich skin in mind, the sheer, moisturizing formula blends seamlessly into skin, leaving behind a healthy glow instead of an ashy residue.
    Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 19 June 2026
Adjective
  • Just get over it, red-haired, pasty Kathy Griffin, with light-skinned, red-haired Karen Bass.
    Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 10 June 2026
  • These sorta-spicy spud nuggets become pasty and dry in there.
    Alex Beggs, Bon Appetit Magazine, 25 Apr. 2026
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“Palish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/palish. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.

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