pales
Diminishes in significance
Pales is the third-person singular of pale, meaning to become less intense or significant by comparison: Her accomplishments pale next to his.
Things that pale lose color or vitality.
The noun pales are pointed wooden stakes forming a fence—the origin of beyond the pale, meaning outside acceptable boundaries.
A pale was historically a fenced territory under particular jurisdiction.
Boundary structure between properties
- stakeSharpened post or share
- picketPointed fence stake
- postVertical structural beam
- enclosureConfined, bordered space
stockade · barrier · perimeter · demarcation · partition · railing · fencing · palings
Lessens in brightness
- fadesGrows gradually weaker
- weakensReduces strength or power
- blanchesBecomes white or pale
- whitensCauses to pale
loses color · lightens · washes out · dulls · bleaches · grays
Lack of consequence or weight
- diminishesBecomes smaller or weaker
- falls shortFails to meet standard
- eclipsedSurpassed or obscured
- overshadowedSurpassed and diminished
outshone · dwarfed · surpassed · outclassed
fence
Boundary structure between properties
enclosure · stockade · barrier · perimeter · demarcation · partition · railing · fencing · palings · wooden stake
dims
Lessens in brightness
loses color · whitens · lightens · washes out · dulls · bleaches · grays
insignificance
Lack of consequence or weight
- diminishesBecomes smaller or weaker
- falls shortFails to meet standard
- eclipsedSurpassed or obscured
overshadowed · outshone · dwarfed · surpassed · outclassed
- heraldrycoat of arms, coats of arms, crest, crests, arms
palesoutshines
Exceeds in brilliance
eclipses · overshadows · dominates · stands out · shines
- pale skinLight-colored human exterior
- pale blueLight, desaturated azure
- beyond the paleExceeding acceptable standards
- pale as a ghostExtremely pallid from shock
- pale shadeFaint, light color
- pale in comparisonSeem inferior when contrasted
pale, pallid, paled, paleness, paling, pallor, impale, palliate, paler