sallowness

9.2

A sickly yellow or pale colour of the skin

noun
/ˈsælənəs/

: amarillento

Wearing a vibrant scarf helped to distract from his sallowness and made him look more cheerful.

Examples

I mean I guess it did a little bit but like the colour is brightening but I still see some like sallowness in my under eyes.
Like this bluey sort of pink really counteracts the sallowness and my skin just suddenly really pops and looks so much more vibrant and fresh.
After weeks of illness, her face showed a clear sallowness that concerned her friends.
The doctor noted the patient's sallowness during the examination, indicating possible health issues.

Synonyms

paleness

vssallowness

3 4.3

A face that looks very light in colour because of illness, fear, or lack of sun

often has a yellowish unhealthy tone not just reduced color

pallidity

vssallowness

9.9

A pale look showing little normal color in the skin

has a sickly yellow tint rather than a simple color loss

pastiness

vssallowness

6.7

A pale dull look to the skin that shows very little color

is more yellow and sickly in tone rather than a flat whitish look

Antonyms

vitality

16 4.6

Ability of a living thing to survive and grow

healthiness

1 1.6

Being well in body and mind

How Unhealthy

sickliness

7.4

jaundice

Specialized

12 7.4

sallowness

9.2

paleness

3 4.3

Surface Forms

sallowness singular

sallownesses plural

Morphology

sallowness = sallow (transparent) = sallow + ness

Formed by a straightforward adjective + -ness nominalization: the noun denotes the quality of being sallow.

Etymology

The word sallowness comes from the old word sallow, which was the name of a type of willow tree with pale yellow leaves. So sallowness means a 'yellowish' or unhealthy pale colour of the skin.