Pale
Pale adjective - Lacking a healthy skin color.
Usage example: after a week with the flu, she was deathly pale and noticeably thinner
Sickly is a synonym for pale in characteristic topic. In some cases you can use "Sickly" instead an adjective "Pale", when it comes to topics like wan, white, unhealthy looking, light in color or effect.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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In Bungou Stray Dogs, Akutagawa is sickly and pale, with jet-black hair.
Source: Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette - In the original novel she gets no characterization beyond being pale and sickly.In "Pug," Anne is led by the titular dog to a mystical door, which can transport her to other places instantaneously.
Source: Literature / Pug - Hayate Gekko from Naruto, who looks pale and sickly and has a huge Incurable Cough of Death.
Source: Ill Girl / Anime and Manga
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Sickly and Pale. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/pale/sickly
Pale & Sickly. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/pale/sickly>.
Sickly or Pale. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/pale/sickly.
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