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PASTEL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of various pale or light colors
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("pastel" is a kind of...):
chromatic color; chromatic colour; spectral color; spectral colour (a color that has hue)
Derivation:
pastel (delicate and pale in color)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Delicate and pale in color
Example:
pastel pink
Classified under:
Similar:
light; light-colored ((used of color) having a relatively small amount of coloring agent)
Derivation:
pastel (any of various pale or light colors)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Lacking in body or vigor
Example:
faded pastel charms of the naive music
Classified under:
Similar:
delicate (exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury)
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