5
pearly(adjective, dull, lead, grim, gray)
5
yellow(adjective, violent, shocking, explicit, vivid)
4
dim(adjective, dull, quiet, light, soft)
4
etiolated(adjective, weak, feeble, distressed, worn)
4
mealy
4
peaked(adjective, thin, dim, pale, white)
4
pearl-gray(adjective, gray)
4
silvery(adjective, dull, lead, grim, gray)
4
washed-out(adjective, dull, light, soft, poor)
4
weak(adjective, dull, light, soft, poor)
3
corpselike(adjective, thin, boring, dead, tedious)
3
deadly(boring, tedious, gaunt, skeletal)
3
drab(adjective, dull, soft, obscure, lead)
3
drained
3
drained of color(expression, adjective, idiom, pale, pallid)
3
emaciated(adjective, thin, spare, lean, pale)
3
exsanguine
3
gaunt(adjective, thin, spare, dead, pale)
3
ghostlike(adjective, ghastly, gaunt, skeletal)
3
macabre(awful, violent, grim, shocking, explicit)
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