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yellow > 8 senses
ADJECTIVE1yellow, yellowish, xanthousOf the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum
2yellow, chicken, chickenhearted, lily-livered, white-livered, yellow-belliedEasily frightened
3yellow, yellowedChanged to a yellowish color by age
4yellow, scandalmongering, sensationalisticTypical of tabloids
5yellowCowardly or treacherous
6yellow, jaundiced, ictericAffected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc
NOUN1yellow, yellownessYellow color or pigment
VERB1yellowTurn yellow
yellow > pronunciation
Soundsyeh'low
Rhymesafterglow, aglow, airflow, and 72 more rhymes in low...
yellow > adjective 1
MeaningOf the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum. Of something resembling the color of an egg yolk.
Synonymsyellowish, xanthous
Similar tochromatic
Nounsyellowness
yellow > adjective 2
MeaningEasily frightened.
Synonymschicken, chickenhearted, lily-livered, white-livered, yellow-bellied
Similar tocowardly, fearful
Usagecolloquialism
yellow > adjective 3
MeaningChanged to a yellowish color by age.
Examples"yellowed parchment"
Synonymsyellowed
Similar toold
yellow > adjective 4
MeaningTypical of tabloids.
Examples"yellow press"
Synonymsscandalmongering, sensationalistic
Similar tosensational
yellow > adjective 5
MeaningCowardly or treacherous.
Examples"the little yellow stain of treason"-M.W.Straight; "too yellow to stand and fight"
Similar todishonorable, dishonourable
yellow > adjective 6
MeaningAffected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc.
Synonymsjaundiced, icteric
Similar tounhealthy
yellow > noun, attribute
MeaningYellow color or pigment. The chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons.
Synonymsyellowness
Broaderchromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour
Narrowercanary yellow, canary; amber, gold; brownish yellow; gamboge, lemon, lemon yellow, maize; old gold; orange yellow, saffron; pale yellow, straw; greenish yellow
Verbsyellow
yellow > verb, change
MeaningTurn yellow.
PatternSomething ----s
Examples"The pages of the book began to yellow"
Broaderdiscolor, discolour, colour, color
Nounsyellow

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