sallowish

sallowish
adjective see sallow II

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  • Sallowish — Sal low*ish, a. Somewhat sallow. Dickens. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sallowish — sallow ► ADJECTIVE (sallower, sallowest) ▪ (of a person s face or complexion) of a yellowish or pale brown colour. DERIVATIVES sallowish adjective sallowness noun. ORIGIN Old English, «dusky» …   English terms dictionary

  • sallowish — ləwish, lōish adjective : somewhat sallow a sallowish complexion …   Useful english dictionary

  • sallowish — adjective /ˈsæloʊwɪʃ/ Slightly sallow …   Wiktionary

  • sallowish — adj. having a sickly yellow coloring (about the skin) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • sallowish — sal·low·ish …   English syllables

  • sallow — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sealh; akin to Old High German salha sallow, Latin salix willow Date: before 12th century any of several Old World broad leaved willows (as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • sallow — sallow1 sallowish, adj. sallowness, n. /sal oh/, adj., sallower, sallowest, v. adj. 1. of a sickly, yellowish color: sallow cheeks; a sallow complexion. v.t. 2. to make sallow. [bef. 1000; ME sal(o)we, OE salo; …   Universalium

  • sallow — sallow1 adjective (sallower, sallowest) (of a person s face or complexion) of a yellowish or pale brown colour. Derivatives sallowish adjective sallowness noun Origin OE salo dusky , of Gmc origin. sallow2 noun 1》 …   English new terms dictionary

  • ashen — adj 1. gray, grayish, silver, silvery, grayish white, ashy, ash colored, light; blanched, bleached, whitened, hueless, colorless, faded, washed out. 2. pale, pale faced, ghastly, ghostly, ghostlike; pallid, sallow, sallowish, wan, deathlike,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

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