paleness
part of speech
noun (paleness, uncountable)
meaning for a pupil
1) The state of being pale: having a light colour or less colour than usual. tree →
2) Lightness of a person's face when they are ill, tired or frightened. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Jeremiah shows people with faces turned pale from fear, like a woman in labor, on the day of trouble. Interpretation: Tradition reads it as a picture of the terror of a day of judgment before the final salvation. In the primary lessons: In stories, a character's paleness shows fear, shock or illness. In health, paleness of the skin can be a sign of being unwell, cold or low on iron. In art, paleness means a light, soft colour.
examples
- Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child; wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness? (Prophets JER.30.6, JPS 1917) tree →
- Her paleness worried the school nurse. tree →
- The paleness of the sky meant snow was coming. tree →
- He noticed the paleness of the ghostly figure. tree →
- After the flu, his paleness lasted a week. tree →
- The paleness of the wall made the room feel cool. tree →
- Fear showed in the sudden paleness of her face. tree →
note
Uncountable noun. From "pale" (adjective: pale, paler, palest). Similar: pallor, which is more formal and used mostly for faces. Do not confuse "pale" with "pail" (a bucket).
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «paleness» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.