yellow
- adjective
- /ˈjɛloʊ/
- Specialized
- Her eyes are yellow.
- look yellow
- yellow skin
How you, daddy and I was there sober, not yellow, no yellow eyes, just like a normal human being.
- How you, daddy and I was there sober, not yellow, no yellow eyes, just like a normal human being.
Examples
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The whites of Ticvah's eyes are still slightly yellow, a sign of her liver disease.
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OK, my face is very yellow and very dark.
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You see that little patch of yellow skin right there?
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My skin is more yellow, has more of a yellow undertone to it.
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It makes my face look yellow.
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MRS. MAC: Billy Edward Lenz was born ... with a rare liver disease that gave him yellow skin.
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So if you notice, the yellow really just balances her skin colour, corrects any redness.
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I'll tell you, if you start to get nauseous and you start vomiting and your eyes turn yellow, you have got to go to the emergency room.
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You see that little patch of yellow skin right there?
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If your skin starts to look yellow, it might be a sign of jaundice.
Synonyms
Having yellow skin and eyes because of a liver or blood problem
Having yellow skin and eyes because of liver problems
Having a yellow color, especially of the skin or eyes
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
To start a journey into the unknown that brings adventure and personal change
Compounds
- Specialized
A serious disease spread by mosquitoes that makes the skin turn yellow
- Literature
Reporting that exaggerates and uses shocking stories to attract readers while ignoring the truth
The second-longest river in northern China that flows east to the Yellow Sea and has yellow mud
A small aggressive wasp with yellow and black stripes that often builds nests in the ground
- Specialized
A bright yellow pigment made from cadmium used in painting that is poisonous
- US
A freshwater fish with a yellow body and dark stripes, caught for food and sport
- Jargon
An alert warning people about a specific emergency, for example bad weather or a missing person
- Literature
A reporter who writes exaggerated or shocking stories to attract readers
A small woodpecker with a pale yellow belly that drills rows of holes in trees to eat sap and insects
- Specialized
A sticky plant with hanging yellow flowers that grows in dry places in the southwestern United States
A small wild flower that has soft hairy leaves and yellow petals with purple veins
- Specialized
A North American wild flower with greenish-yellow pouch-shaped flowers and purple marks
- Irish
A clover with yellow flowers that grows in Ireland and is often seen as the real shamrock
- Specialized
A virus that makes onion plants small and their leaves turn yellow
- Specialized
A virus that makes onion plants grow poorly and their leaves turn yellow
- Specialized
A disease of potato plants that makes leaves yellow and plants small
- Specialized
A germ that makes potato plants small and their leaves turn yellow
- Australian
A tall Australian plant with yellow flowers that comes back each year
A large pine tree with short needles in groups of two or three and reddish brown bark when fully grown
A large pine tree from the southeastern United States with long needles and rough reddish bark used for timber
A plant that lives many years with yellow flowers that smell nice and leafy stems
- Specialized
A small freshwater fish with yellowish colour that looks like a striped bass
- Specialized
A small North American spring flower with one yellow spotted blossom
- Specialized
A small shrub with yellow daisy-like flowers that grows in dry Mediterranean areas
- UK
A low-growing plant with yellow flowers that have red dots and smell faintly of pine
- Specialized
Tissue inside the hollow part of long bones in adults that stores fat
A common plant that lives for many years with small yellow flowers and sticky stems
How Yellow
Surface Forms
Etymology
Yellow for skin colour comes from the colour name because people with 'jaundice' looked yellow, so the word describes that yellowish change in the skin.