YELLOW
Scrabble letter values: Y4E1L1L1O1W4 = 12
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
- “The pages of the book began to yellow”
- “the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons”
- “of something resembling the color of an egg yolk”