YELLOW
/jɛlə/ ► audio Scrabble 12 Words With Friends 13
Definition
- verb turn yellow.
- noun yellow color or pigment.
— synonyms: yellowness
- adjective of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum.
— synonyms: yellowish, xanthous
- adjective easily frightened.
— synonyms: chicken, chickenhearted, lily-livered, white-livered, yellow-bellied
- adjective changed to a yellowish color by age.
— synonyms: yellowed
- adjective typical of tabloids.
— synonyms: scandalmongering, sensationalistic, yellow(a)
- adjective cowardly or treacherous.
- 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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