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Adjective: yellow (yellower,yellowest) yelow- Of the colour intermediate between green and orange in the colour spectrum; of something resembling the colour of an egg yolk
- yellowish, xanthous, yellowy - Easily frightened
- chicken, chickenhearted, lily-livered, white-livered, yellow-bellied, chicken-livered - Changed to a yellowish colour by age
- yellowed - Typical of tabloids
"yellow press" - scandalmongering, sensationalistic - Cowardly or treacherous
"the little yellow stain of treason"; "too yellow to stand and fight" - Affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc
- jaundiced, icteric Noun: yellow yelow- Yellow colour or pigment; the chromatic colour resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons
- yellowness Verb: yellow yelow- Turn yellow
"The pages of the book began to yellow"
Derived forms: yellowing, yellows, yellowed, yellowest, yellower See also: chromatic, cowardly, dishonorable [US], dishonourable [Brit, Cdn], fearful, old, sensational, unhealthy Type of: chromatic color [US], chromatic colour [Brit, Cdn], color [US], colour [Brit, Cdn], discolor [US], discolour [Brit, Cdn], spectral color [US], spectral colour [Brit, Cdn] Encyclopedia: Yellow |