Yellowing

Synonyms for "yellowing" (310 found)

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Closest matches (62)

Strong matches (93)

cloak-and-dagger codeine codeine cough syrup coward cowed crash craven cream creamy crocus dandelion daunted demerol depressant depressor dilawan discolor dishonorable dismayed distrustful

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Adjective(5 words)

cowardly dastardly heartless high yellow invertebrate

Noun(5 words)

cream dandelion gold khaki lemon

Verb(1 words)

have one's name taken

Adjective(3 words)

icteric jaundiced lily-livered

Related words (155)

lotus luminal luminal pill lurid luteolous lutescent m madder yellow maize massicot melodramatic meperidine metanil yellow methadone methyl yellow mickey finn milk-livered milksoppish milksoppy morphia

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morphine mousy naphthol yellow narcotic nembutal nembutal pill ocherish ocherous ochery ochreous ochroid ochrous ochry oil yellow old old gold old ivory olivesheen opiate opium or orpiment overtimid overtimorous ovule pacifier pain killer panic-prone panicky paregoric paris yellow peach pebble pen yan phenobarbital phenobarbital sodium phosphine pigeonhearted primrose primrose-colored primrose-yellow primuline yellow purple heart purree pusillanimous pyrethrum yellow quietener quince yellow rabbity rainbow red roe saffron saffron-colored saffron-yellow sallow sand sand-colored sandy scag secobarbital sodium seconal seconal pill sedative sensational sensationalistic shit shocker sissified sissy sleep-inducer sleeper sleeping draught sleeping pill smack snapdragon sodium thiopental soft somnifacient soother soothing syrup soporific spawn spine-chilling spineless spunkless stil-de-grain yellow straw straw-colored sulfur sunflower yellow suspicious tame tar tartrazine timid timorous tranquilizer tuinal tuinal pill turps uncourageous unmanly unmanned vitellus weak weak kneed weak-kneed weakhearted white white stuff white-livered xanthene xanthic xanthin yellow jacket yellow madder yellow ocher yellow-eyed yellowed yellowishness yolk

Adjective(4 words)

nithing ratlike spineless uncourageous

Adjective(7 words)

scandalmongering sensationalistic white-livered xanthous yellow-bellied yellowed yellowish

Noun(2 words)

xantho yellowness

Related word relations

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3 relation types

derived

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lethal yellowing

form of

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yellow

related to

1 entries

yellow

Translations

6 translations across 5 languages.

Danish

1 entries

gulning noun (process of turning yellow)

Dutch

1 entries

vergeling noun (process of turning yellow)

Finnish

2 entries

kellastuminen noun (process of turning yellow)
kellertyminen noun (process of turning yellow)

Latin

1 entries

flavescens noun (process of turning yellow)

Portuguese

1 entries

amarelamento noun (process of turning yellow)

Sample sentences

7 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Sami showed Layla an old yellowing newspaper article.

Source: tatoeba (6576072)

Some leaves are yellowing.

Source: tatoeba (10859725)

The oxidation and unique yellowing process of this tea type contribute to its distinct taste.

Source: tatoeba (12001367)

Yellow fever is a viral disease affecting the liver and kidneys, causing high fever and a yellowing of the skin and eyes.

Source: tatoeba (12087012)

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