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| ADJECTIVE | 1 | yellow, yellowish, xanthous | Similar to the color of an egg yolk |
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| 2 | yellow, chicken, chickenhearted, lily-livered, white-livered, yellow-bellied | Easily frightened | |
| 3 | yellow, yellowed | Changed to a yellowish color by age | |
| 4 | yellow, scandalmongering, sensationalistic | Typical of tabloids | |
| 5 | yellow | Cowardly or treacherous | |
| 6 | yellow, jaundiced, icteric | Affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc | |
| NOUN | 1 | yellow, yellowness | The quality or state of the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons |
| VERB | 1 | yellow | Turn yellow |
| Sounds | yeh'low |
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| Rhymes | afterglow, aglow, airflow, and 72 more rhymes in low at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | Similar to the color of an egg yolk. |
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| Synonyms | yellowish, xanthous |
| Similar to | chromatic |
| Meaning | Easily frightened. |
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| Synonyms | chicken, chickenhearted, lily-livered, white-livered, yellow-bellied |
| Similar to | cowardly, fearful |
| Usage | colloquialism |
| Meaning | Changed to a yellowish color by age. |
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| Examples | "yellowed parchment" |
| Synonyms | yellowed |
| Similar to | old |
| Meaning | Typical of tabloids. |
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| Examples | "yellow journalism" |
| Synonyms | scandalmongering, sensationalistic |
| Similar to | sensational |
| Meaning | Cowardly or treacherous. |
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| Examples | "the little yellow stain of treason"-M.W.Straight; "too yellow to stand and fight" |
| Similar to | dishonorable, dishonourable |
| Meaning | Affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc. |
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| Synonyms | jaundiced, icteric |
| Similar to | unhealthy |
| Meaning | The quality or state of the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons. |
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| Synonyms | yellowness |
| Narrower | chrome yellow; canary yellow, canary; amber, gold; brownish yellow; gamboge, lemon, lemon yellow, maize; old gold; orange yellow, saffron; pale yellow, straw; greenish yellow |
| Broader | chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour |
| Verbs | yellow |
| Meaning | Turn yellow. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s |
| Examples | "The pages of the book began to yellow" |
| Broader | discolor, discolour, colour, color |
| Nouns | yellow |