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yellow > 8 senses
ADJECTIVE1yellow, yellowish, xanthousSimilar to the color of an egg yolk
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, yellownessThe quality or state of the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons
VERB1yellowTurn yellow
yellow > pronunciation
Soundsyeh'low
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yellow > adjective 1
MeaningSimilar to the color of an egg yolk.
Synonymsyellowish, xanthous
Similar tochromatic
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 journalism"
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
MeaningThe quality or state of the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons.
Synonymsyellowness
Narrowerchrome yellow; canary yellow, canary; amber, gold; brownish yellow; gamboge, lemon, lemon yellow, maize; old gold; orange yellow, saffron; pale yellow, straw; greenish yellow
Broaderchromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour
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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