Yellow
adjective'jɛloʊ
Adjective
typical of tabloids
“yellow press”
Similar:ScandalmongeringSensationalisticchanged to a yellowish color by age
“yellowed parchment”
Similar:Yellowedcowardly or treacherous
“the little yellow stain of treason”
“too yellow to stand and fight”
of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk
Similar:XanthousYellowisheasily frightened
affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc
Noun
yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons
Similar:Yellowness
Verb
turn yellow
“The pages of the book began to yellow”
Type of:DiscolourColourColor
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Similar Words
- Xanthous
- Yellowish
- Yellowness
- Scandalmongering
- Sensationalistic
- Chicken
- Chickenhearted
- Lily-livered
- White-livered
- Yellow-bellied
- Icteric
- Jaundiced
- Yellowed
- Chromatic
- Sensational