yellownoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˈjel.əʊ/us/ˈjel.oʊ/A1 a colour like that of a lemon or gold or the sun:
It was early autumn and the leaves were turning yellow.
You should wear more yellow - it suits you.
More examples
- We've had the bathroom done out in pale yellow.
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Common colours
- blue
- bluish
- brown
- brownish
- green
- greenish
- orange
- pink
- pinkish
- purple
- purplish
- red
- redden
- reddish
- yellowish
yellowness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈjel.əʊ.nəs/us/ˈjel.oʊ.nəs/
yellowadjective
uk/ˈjel.əʊ/us/ˈjel.oʊ/yellow adjective (COLOUR)
A1 of a colour like that of a lemon or gold or the sun:
a bright yellow flower/T-shirt
More examples
- In her bright yellow coat, she was easily identifiable in the crowd.
- You can't mistake their house - it's got a bright yellow front door.
- If you put together yellow and blue paint you get green.
- Red and yellow peppers give a little colour to the sauce.
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Common colours
- blue
- bluish
- brown
- brownish
- green
- greenish
- orange
- pink
- pinkish
- purple
- purplish
- red
- redden
- reddish
- yellowish
yellow adjective (PEOPLE)
offensive belonging to a race that has pale yellowish-brown skin
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The skin, & skin colour
- beauty spot
- blanch
- coloring
- coloured
- cutaneous
- dermatome
- dermis
- drain
- follicle
- goosebumps
- half-caste
- ink
- jaundiced
- pale
- pallid
- sallow
- skin graft
- swarthy
- waxen
- wrinkled
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yellow adjective (NOT BRAVE)
informal easily frightened and not brave
Synonym
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Cowardly
- bottle
- bottle out
- chicken
- chicken out
- chickenshit
- coward
- craven
- fainthearted
- gutless
- lily-livered
- pusillanimous
- spineless
- timid
- timorous
- weak-kneed
- wimp
- wimp out
yellowverb [ I or T ]
uk/ˈjel.əʊ/us/ˈjel.oʊ/to become yellow, or to make something become yellow
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Common colours
- blue
- bluish
- brown
- brownish
- green
- greenish
- orange
- pink
- pinkish
- purple
- purplish
- red
- redden
- reddish
- yellowish