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sallow
What does sallow mean?
sallow (adjective): of an unhealthy pale color.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you pronounce sallow?
/ˈsæloʊ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does sallow come from?
From Middle English salowe, from Old English salu, from Proto-West Germanic *salu, from Proto-Germanic *salwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *selH-.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of sallow?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “sallow” mean?
unpleasantly cool and humid
Not quite: that's what dank means.
very large; of vast measure
Not quite: that's what astronomical means.
boldly resisting opposition
Not quite: that's what defiant means.
of an unhealthy pale color
Right! That's what “sallow” means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “sallow”?
sickly
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candid
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clumsy
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innate
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