Yellow
Meaning of Yellow
adjective
- of the colour between green and orange in the spectrum, a primary subtractive colour complementary to blue; coloured like ripe lemons or egg yolks.
curly yellow hair
- not brave; cowardly.
he'd better get back there quick and prove he's not yellow
- (of a style of writing, especially in journalism) lurid and sensational.
he based his judgement on headlines and yellow journalism
- yellow colour or pigment.
the craft detonated in a blaze of red and yellow
a wide range of colours from rich vibrant reds, yellows, blues, and greens to more unexpected pastel shades
- a yellow ball or piece in a game or sport, especially the yellow ball in snooker.
he missed an easy yellow in frame four
- used in names of moths or butterflies that are mainly yellow in colour.
- any of a number of plant diseases in which the leaves turn yellow, typically caused by viruses and transmitted by insects.
- become yellow, especially with age.
the cream paint was beginning to yellow
Old English geolu, geolo, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch geel and German gelb, also to gold.
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Hyphenation of Yellow
Yel-low
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- Yellow is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Yellow synonyms
Meaning yellowish:
Meaning chicken:
Meaning yellowed:
Meaning scandalmongering:
scandalmongering, sensationalistic
Meaning jaundiced:
Meaning yellowness:
Meaning a pale yellow oval citrus fruit with thick skin and fragrant, acidic juice:
Meaning hard translucent fossilized resin originating from extinct coniferous trees of the Tertiary period, typically yellowish in colour. It has been used in jewellery since antiquity:
Meaning made of or coloured like gold:
Meaning coloured or shining like gold:
Meaning (of hair) fair or pale yellow:
Meaning (of hair or complexion) light; blonde:
Meaning made of flax:
Meaning lacking courage:
Meaning contemptibly lacking in courage; cowardly:
Meaning lacking courage, vigour, or vivacity:
Meaning weak and purposeless:
Meaning showing a lack of courage or confidence; easily frightened:
Meaning showing or suffering from nervousness or a lack of confidence:
Meaning feeling or showing fear or anxiety:
Meaning shaking or quivering, typically as a result of anxiety, excitement, or frailty:
Meaning (especially of the earth) shake or tremble:
Meaning becoming smaller in size or amount:
Meaning crouch down in fear:
Meaning showing a lack of courage or determination; timid:
Meaning lacking the force of character to hold to one's own decisions, beliefs, or principles; irresolute:
Meaning lacking strength of character:
Meaning easy to mould, cut, compress, or fold; not hard or firm to the touch:
Meaning lacking courage or determination:
Meaning weak and cowardly or unadventurous:
Meaning weak and cowardly or feeble:
Meaning feeble and cowardly:
Meaning effeminate, weak, or cowardly:
Meaning covered or saturated with water or another liquid:
Meaning an utter coward:
Meaning cowardly:
Meaning worthless or contemptible (used as a general term of abuse):
Yellow antonyms
Meaning ready to face and endure danger or pain; showing courage:
Meaning not deterred by danger or pain; brave:
Words that rhyme with Yellow
Allhallow, allow, ballow, behallow, betallow, callow, disallow, dishallow, encallow, enhallow, enwallow, fallow, gallow, hallow, mackallow, mallow, marshmallow, preallow, preswallow, reallow, refallow, rehallow, reswallow, rewallow, sallow, shallow, swallow, tallow, twifallow, unallow, uncallow, unhallow, unsallow, upswallow, wallow, waxmallow, yallow, Bellow, Fellow, Longfellow, Oddfellow, Rockafellow, bedfellow, bellow, benchfellow, blackfellow, boonfellow, chamberfellow, clanfellow, classfellow
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