turn pale

Synonyms

whiting blanch whiten pale bleach lighten blench decolorize etiolate wash out decolour whites whitening blanching bleaching
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Antonyms

beach plage dye ocher blusher paint
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Examples

I can tell you that it is no game for children, and I will confess that, in spite of my nine campaigns, I felt myself turn pale when the first ball flashed past me. Arthur Conan Doyle

They wonder in silence and turn pale for the dubious thunderbolt. Statius

My heart pounds sickeningly and I turn pale... I often feel as if I were dead... I seem to be losing my mind. Robert Schumann

Let this be your wall of brass, to have nothing on your conscience, no guilt to make you turn pale. Horace

Words in the phrase

turn pale

Close letter words and terms

turn over in one's mind turn over in your mind turn over to turn pallid turn pear-shaped turn pink