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Very white or pale, as if suffering from shock.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: simile
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pale as a ghost
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
蒼白如紙 /苍白如纸
(cāngbái rú zhǐ)
— pale as if suffering from shock
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Dutch:
spierwit
— pale as if suffering from shock
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Dutch:
lijkbleek
— pale as if suffering from shock
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Finnish:
kalpea kuin lakana
— pale as if suffering from shock
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French:
blanc comme un linge
— pale as if suffering from shock
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French:
blanc de peur
— pale as if suffering from shock
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German:
kreidebleich
— pale as if suffering from shock
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Hungarian:
fehér, mint a fal
— pale as if suffering from shock
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Macedonian:
блед како крпа
(bled kako krpa)
— pale as if suffering from shock
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Norwegian Bokmål:
hvit som et laken
— pale as if suffering from shock
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
kvit som eit laken
— pale as if suffering from shock
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Polish:
biały jak papier
— pale as if suffering from shock
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Russian:
бе́лый, как мел
(bélyj, kak mel)
— pale as if suffering from shock
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Spanish:
blanco como el papel
— pale as if suffering from shock
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Spanish:
blanco como la cera
— pale as if suffering from shock
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Spanish:
blanco como la pared
— pale as if suffering from shock
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Swedish:
vit som ett lakan
— pale as if suffering from shock
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Telugu:
పాలిపోవుట
(pālipōvuṭa)
— pale as if suffering from shock