yellow
- adjective
- /ˈjɛloʊ/
- Specialized
- Her eyes are yellow.
- look yellow
- yellow skin
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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
- Jargon
An alert warning people about a specific emergency, for example bad weather or a missing person
The second-longest river in northern China that flows east to the Yellow Sea and has yellow mud
- Literature
Reporting that exaggerates and uses shocking stories to attract readers while ignoring the truth
A small aggressive wasp with yellow and black stripes that often builds nests in the ground
A small woodpecker with a pale yellow belly that drills rows of holes in trees to eat sap and insects
- US
A freshwater fish with a yellow body and dark stripes, caught for food and sport
- Specialized
A bright yellow pigment made from cadmium used in painting that is poisonous
- Literature
A reporter who writes exaggerated or shocking stories to attract readers
A large pine tree from the southeastern United States with long needles and rough reddish bark used for timber
- Specialized
A small freshwater fish with yellowish colour that looks like a striped bass
A large woodpecker with yellow feathers under its wings and tail and a red patch on its neck
- Literature
Newspapers that print shocking and often untrue stories to get more readers
A climbing evergreen plant that has sweet yellow funnel-shaped flowers and poisonous parts
- Specialized
A night-active wading bird with a yellow crown found in North America
A plant that lives for many years with broad rounded leaves, a bitter root, often growing as a weed
- US
A tall evergreen tree from the Pacific coast of North America often grown in gardens and liked for its wood
- US
A plant that lives many years with a thick knotted yellow underground stem and large rounded leaves
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.