paled in English

verb

1

become pale in one's face from shock or fear.

I paled at the thought of what she might say

synonyms: go/turn white, grow/turn pale, blanch, lose color

2

seem less impressive or important.

all else pales by comparison

synonyms: decrease in importance, lose significance, pale into insignificance, fade into the background

verb

go/turn white, grow/turn pale, blanch, lose color
decrease in importance, lose significance, pale into insignificance, fade into the background
blanch, blench

Use "paled" in a sentence

1. She paled visibly at the news.

2. Her face paled with fright.

3. Her dress paled before that of her hostess.

4. She paled visibly at the sight of the police car.

5. For Pascal, scientific knowledge paled beside the knowledge of God.

6. Her own problems paled into insignificance beside this terrible news.

7. Their other problems paled into insignificance beside this latest catastrophe.

8. Embezzlement paled in comparison with whatever horrible crime Gleeson had committed.

9. Economic pressures, though, paled into insignificance as the terror of World War II gripped the globe.

10. All other anxieties paled beside the terrible fact of the fire coming close to the village.

11. The sun vanished behind them; even the blue of the sky paled to a bleary grey.

12. 26 Now that a new light shone upon the horizon, this older luminary paled in the west.

13. These images paled before the man who came through the archway that led to the deeper mysteries of the church.

14. 11 And yet, he made bold to say, the horror that even the crime of parricide inspired in him paled beside the loathing inspired by my callousness .

15. The man, overhearing Zichen's claim, had paled but said nothing—he had recently divorced, and his twin daughters had moved away with their mother.

16. And yet, he made bold to say, the horror that even the crime of parricide inspired in him paled beside the loathing inspired by my callousness .