The Clue
Lacking intensity (4 letter answer)
The Answer
PALE
Tags
Notes
The answer PALE is seen frequently, appearing about once every 100 puzzles.
Related Clues
Ashen
Beyond the ___
Blanch
Blanched
Bleached
Colorless
Dim
Enclosure
Faded
Feeble
Picket
Sickly
Stake
Untanned
Wan
Whitish
Color deficient
Enclosing fence
Fence picket
Fence stake
Hardly tanned
Kind of face
Lacking vigor
Like pastels
Not brilliant
Seem trivial
Washed out
Like some imitations
Not that bright
New at the beach, maybe
"___ Rider," Eastwood film
Seriously susceptible to sunburn
" . . . and behold a ___ horse": Rev. 6:8
Like Suckling's "fond lover"
Definition
PALE as a noun:
1. (picket, pale) = a wooden strip forming part of a fence
PALE as a verb:
1. (pale, blanch, blench) = turn pale, as if in fear
PALE as an adjective:
1. very light colored; highly diluted with white; "pale seagreen"; "pale blue eyes"
2. (pale, pallid, wan, sick) = (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble; "the pale light of a half moon"; "a pale sun"; "the late afternoon light coming through the el tracks fell in pale oblongs on the street"; "a pallid sky"; "the pale (or wan) stars"; "the wan light of dawn"
3. (pale, pallid) = lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness; "a pale rendition of the aria"; "pale prose with the faint sweetness of lavender"; "a pallid performance"
4. (pale, pallid, wan) = abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress; "the pallid face of the invalid"; "her wan face suddenly flushed"
5. not full or rich; "high, pale, pure and lovely song"