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# paleness

noun (paleness, uncountable)

«paleness» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. The state of being pale: having a light colour or less colour than usual. [tree →](https://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paleness/#m2)

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

## In Jewish tradition

Jeremiah shows people with faces turned pale from fear, like a woman in labor, on the day of trouble.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads it as a picture of the terror of a day of judgment before the final salvation.

### Examples

- Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child; wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness? (Prophets JER.30.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/paleness/#x1)

### 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).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «paleness» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paleness/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«paleness» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/paleness.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «paleness» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/paleness/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«paleness» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/paleness.html) on Mova free.