Advertisement
Advertisement
sallow
1[ sal-oh ]
adjective
- of a sickly, yellowish or lightish brown color:
sallow cheeks; a sallow complexion.
Synonyms: ,
verb (used with object)
- to make sallow.
sallow
2[ sal-oh ]
noun
- any of several shrubby Old World willows, especially Salix atrocinerea or the pussy willow, S. caprea.
sallow
1/ ˈæəʊ /
adjective
- (esp of human skin) of an unhealthy pale or yellowish colour
verb
- tr to make sallow
sallow
2/ ˈæəʊ /
noun
- any of several small willow trees, esp the Eurasian Salix cinerea ( common sallow ), which has large catkins that appear before the leaves
- a twig or the wood of any of these trees
Derived Forms
- ˈǷɲԱ, noun
- ˈǷɱ, adverb
- ˈǷɾ, adjective
- ˈǷɲ, adjective
Other yvlog Forms
- lǷ· adjective
- lǷ·Ա noun
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of sallow1
Origin of sallow2
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of sallow1
Origin of sallow2
Example Sentences
On her best days, she was sallow, but this evening she wasn’t as pea-green as her dress.
The video then shows still pictures of a young woman of similar appearance lying, looking sallow and with her eyes closed, on a blood-stained bedsheet.
His skin is sallow, marked with age spots.
The canvas, 5 feet square, imposes the sentiment in a stack of crisp white words over snow-covered mountain scenery, the sky a sallow yellow fading upward into bilious green.
La Llorona’s gaunt face shriveled up like a pale raisin, becoming sallow and ashen, creased by centuries of wrinkles and dark blotches.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse