YELLOW

/jɛlə/ ► audio Scrabble 12 Words With Friends 13

Definition

  1. verb turn yellow.
  2. noun yellow color or pigment. — synonyms: yellowness
  3. adjective of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum. — synonyms: yellowish, xanthous
  4. adjective easily frightened. — synonyms: chicken, chickenhearted, lily-livered, white-livered, yellow-bellied
  5. adjective changed to a yellowish color by age. — synonyms: yellowed
  6. adjective typical of tabloids. — synonyms: scandalmongering, sensationalistic, yellow(a)
  7. adjective cowardly or treacherous.
  8. adjective affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc. — synonyms: jaundiced, icteric

Examples

  • “2012 March 2, Andrew Grice, "Yellow rebels take on Clegg over NHS 'betrayal'", The Independent”
  • “the black-yellow coalition”

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