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sallow(adjective, dull, light, soft, poor)
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spare(adjective, dull, light, slight, fine)
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dead(adjective, pale, wasted, bony, skeletal)
8
deathly(adjective, grim, pale, live, wasted)
8
lean(adjective, slight, thin, delicate, scrawny)
7
anemic(adjective, dull, light, soft, flat)
7
ashy(adjective, dull, light, soft, flat)
7
peaked(adjective, dull, light, slight, fine)
7
skinny(adjective, dull, slight, thin, delicate)
7
spectral(adjective, dull, light, soft, poor)
7
waxen(adjective, dull, light, soft, flat)
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white(adjective, dull, light, soft, flat)
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drawn(verb, adjective, tired, better, white)
6
macabre(adjective, grim, shocking, pale, upsetting)
6
withered
5
cadaveric
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deadly(adjective, live, gaunt, skeletal)
5
lank(adjective, dull, light, thin, scrawny)
5
peaky(adjective, thin, grim, lean, bleak)
5
scraggy(adjective, dull, light, slight, fine)
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