pales

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On this page you'll find 27 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to pales, such as: blanch, dim, tarnish, muddy, faint, and lessen.

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  • But that risk pales compared to the risk of AIPAC becoming ECI or ZOA.

    Why AIPAC Won't Fight Hagel | Peter Beinart | January 7, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • What you did for him yesterday always pales in comparison with what you can do for him tomorrow.

    Why Obama Betrayed Susan Rice | Peter Beinart | December 13, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • The nectar of the gods pales into nothingness when compared with a toddy such as I make, said he.

    The Fifth String   | John Philip Sousa
  • Brookes pales suddenly, and his eyebrows, that habitually have a supercilious elevation, rise still higher with annoyance.

    Six Women | Victoria Cross
  • Her after-history is a tragedy beside which the story just related pales to an idyl.

    Romance of Roman Villas | Elizabeth W. (Elizbeth Williams) Champney
  • The worship of the earth (Tellus or pales) and of the various heavenly bodies, was prolonged into the heart of Polytheism.

    August Comte and Positivism | John-Stuart Mill
  • They do threaten to pull down and level all park pales, and lay open, and intend to plant there very shortly.

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