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adjective ˈsaləʊˈsæloʊ (of a person's face or complexion) of an unhealthy yellow or pale brown colour. his skin was sallow and pitted in combination sallow-faced addicts Example sentencesExamples - A thin zombie-like man with yellow sallow skin, long stringy hair and bloodshot eyes stared at them.
- The small man with the sallow complexion and expressionless eyes seems to have made no particular impression on anyone with whom he came into contact during that time.
- The driver is described as a white male, late 20s or early 30s, thin build, 5ft 9ins, with dark hair and a sallow complexion, unshaven and wearing a dark sweater and trousers.
- His short and curly dark hair was tousled from a morning of sleep and his usually olive skin had the sallow tone of the hungover.
- Her eyes sparkled and her completion had lost its sallow look.
- His black hair was drawn up in thick spikes, and he had a sallow face which was a ghastly white.
- Russo finally reached the booth himself, the manager of the theater, a balding, middle-aged man with sallow skin and nervous eyes, was standing there waiting for him.
- His skin was sallow and shiny from the feverish sweat that drenched him as it had before in the foyer, but how long had he been like this, sitting here without aid?
- Whiteside is described as 5ft 6in tall, slim, with short hair which is balding on top and going grey on sides, a sallow complexion and brown eyes.
- The first thing that frightened me was the pale sallow color of my skin, which I originally thought was from my extreme and deathly loss of blood.
- A person with strong digestive organs has a yellowish complexion with luster and a person with a disease of the digestive organs has a sallow complexion and is emaciated, fatigued or has a diseased color that is hard to describe with words.
- Werner's voice was a bit sharp; he was rattled by something almost feverish in her tone, and those twin spots of raspberry colour high on Gretina's normally sallow cheeks.
- Brandon and Gordon looked and faced down a long-haired, sallow youth just a little older than Gordon.
- He looked even worse than before, only this time he had beads of sweat dripping down his sallow skin and his nostrils were flared in his over-large nose.
- Looking at her closer, he notes her sallow eyes and pale complexion.
- Other patients who had pale lips, sallow complexion and bleeding had fewer mitochondria in the parietal cells of the stomach and these had obviously damaged cristal membranes. c.
- The skin hung loosely on her body and the flesh had a sallow tint to it.
- The shaken man described one of the attackers as thin, in his early 20s, with long thin face and a Mexican-style moustache and sallow complexion.
- For a moment, he simply watched his sleeping lover - he'd lost weight to a foul stomach and not eating for several days; his eyes were sunken, and sallow splotches had began to discolor his skin.
- Her face was a sallow pale color, her eyes wide and wild with pain and fear.
Synonyms yellowish, jaundiced, pallid, wan, pale, waxen, anaemic, bloodless, colourless, pasty, pasty-faced unhealthy-looking, sickly, sickly-looking, washed out, peaky, peakish, peaked informal like death warmed up Scottish informal wabbit, peely-wally rare etiolated, lymphatic
Derivatives adjective I am white and have a sallowish complexion in places. Tips on treatments or products are welcome. Example sentencesExamples - A youngish sallowish gentleman in spectacles, with a lumpy forehead, seated in a supplementary chair at a corner of the table, here caused a profound sensation by saying, in a raised voice, "ESKER," and then stopping dead.
noun ˈsaləʊnəsˈsæloʊnəs Photoaging induces marked cutaneous alterations clinically characterized by wrinkles, roughness, sallowness, mottled dyspigmentation, telangectasia and a variety of benign or malignant neoplasms. Example sentencesExamples - The sallowness of his complexion took the luster from his eyes, like lamps kept on in daylight.
- Dab on a small amount of eye cream (with your fourth finger) that contains caffeine to take down any puffiness and sallowness.
Origin Old English salo 'dusky', of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse sǫlr 'yellow', from a base meaning 'dirty'. Rhymes aloe, callow, fallow, hallow, mallow, marshmallow, shallow, tallow noun ˈsaləʊˈsæloʊ 1British A willow tree, especially one of a low-growing or shrubby kind. Genus Salix, family Salicaceae: several species, in particular the great sallow (goat willow, S. caprea) and the grey (or common) sallow (grey willow, S. cinerea) Also called pussy willow Example sentencesExamples - Goat Willow, Sallow or Pussy Willow is a very common, native, small tree or shrub to 10m. It is found throughout Britain in hedges,scrub and damp woods.
- Sallows grow much faster, if they are planted within reach of water, or in a very moorish ground, or flat plain; and where the soil is (by reason of extraordinary moisture) unfit for arable, or meadow.
2A European moth with dull yellow, orange, and brown patterned wings. Genus Xanthia, family Noctuidae: several species Example sentencesExamples - The genus Eupsilia, which includes some of the moths known as Sallows, is one of the problematic groups. There are nine or ten species in North America, with perhaps more to be eventually described.
- The Xanthia family of moths were the next of the Sallows to appear, with a Barred Sallow, Xanthia aurago and the Sallow, Xanthia icteritia, both turning up on 21 September. A Pink-barred Sallow, Xanthia togata, was the last of this family to be recorded during this period.
Origin Old English salh, of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse selja, and Latin salix 'willow'. adjectiveˈsalōˈsæloʊ (of a person's face or complexion) of an unhealthy yellow or pale brown color. his skin was sallow and pitted in combination sallow-faced addicts Example sentencesExamples - Her face was a sallow pale color, her eyes wide and wild with pain and fear.
- Brandon and Gordon looked and faced down a long-haired, sallow youth just a little older than Gordon.
- Werner's voice was a bit sharp; he was rattled by something almost feverish in her tone, and those twin spots of raspberry colour high on Gretina's normally sallow cheeks.
- The driver is described as a white male, late 20s or early 30s, thin build, 5ft 9ins, with dark hair and a sallow complexion, unshaven and wearing a dark sweater and trousers.
- His skin was sallow and shiny from the feverish sweat that drenched him as it had before in the foyer, but how long had he been like this, sitting here without aid?
- His black hair was drawn up in thick spikes, and he had a sallow face which was a ghastly white.
- Russo finally reached the booth himself, the manager of the theater, a balding, middle-aged man with sallow skin and nervous eyes, was standing there waiting for him.
- He looked even worse than before, only this time he had beads of sweat dripping down his sallow skin and his nostrils were flared in his over-large nose.
- Whiteside is described as 5ft 6in tall, slim, with short hair which is balding on top and going grey on sides, a sallow complexion and brown eyes.
- Looking at her closer, he notes her sallow eyes and pale complexion.
- His short and curly dark hair was tousled from a morning of sleep and his usually olive skin had the sallow tone of the hungover.
- A person with strong digestive organs has a yellowish complexion with luster and a person with a disease of the digestive organs has a sallow complexion and is emaciated, fatigued or has a diseased color that is hard to describe with words.
- The first thing that frightened me was the pale sallow color of my skin, which I originally thought was from my extreme and deathly loss of blood.
- The shaken man described one of the attackers as thin, in his early 20s, with long thin face and a Mexican-style moustache and sallow complexion.
- A thin zombie-like man with yellow sallow skin, long stringy hair and bloodshot eyes stared at them.
- For a moment, he simply watched his sleeping lover - he'd lost weight to a foul stomach and not eating for several days; his eyes were sunken, and sallow splotches had began to discolor his skin.
- The skin hung loosely on her body and the flesh had a sallow tint to it.
- The small man with the sallow complexion and expressionless eyes seems to have made no particular impression on anyone with whom he came into contact during that time.
- Other patients who had pale lips, sallow complexion and bleeding had fewer mitochondria in the parietal cells of the stomach and these had obviously damaged cristal membranes. c.
- Her eyes sparkled and her completion had lost its sallow look.
Synonyms yellowish, jaundiced, pallid, wan, pale, waxen, anaemic, bloodless, colourless, pasty, pasty-faced
Origin Old English salo ‘dusky’, of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse sǫlr ‘yellow’, from a base meaning ‘dirty’. nounˈsæloʊˈsalō 1British A willow tree, especially one of a low-growing or shrubby kind. Genus Salix, family Salicaceae: several species, in particular the great sallow (see goat willow) Also called pussy willow Example sentencesExamples - Goat Willow, Sallow or Pussy Willow is a very common, native, small tree or shrub to 10m. It is found throughout Britain in hedges,scrub and damp woods.
- Sallows grow much faster, if they are planted within reach of water, or in a very moorish ground, or flat plain; and where the soil is (by reason of extraordinary moisture) unfit for arable, or meadow.
2A moth with dull yellow, orange, and brown patterned wings. The larvae of some species feed on sallow catkins. Genus Xanthia, family Noctuidae: several species Example sentencesExamples - The genus Eupsilia, which includes some of the moths known as Sallows, is one of the problematic groups. There are nine or ten species in North America, with perhaps more to be eventually described.
- The Xanthia family of moths were the next of the Sallows to appear, with a Barred Sallow, Xanthia aurago and the Sallow, Xanthia icteritia, both turning up on 21 September. A Pink-barred Sallow, Xanthia togata, was the last of this family to be recorded during this period.
Origin Old English salh, of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse selja, and Latin salix ‘willow’. |