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yellower |
Overview of adj yellow The adj yellow has 7 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (26) yellow, yellowish, xanthous -- (similar to the color of an egg yolk) 2. (2) chicken, chickenhearted, lily-livered, white-livered, yellow, yellow-bellied -- ((informal) easily frightened) 3. (1) yellow, yellowed -- (changed to a yellowish color by age; "yellowed parchment") 4. scandalmongering, sensationalistic, yellow -- (typical of tabloids; "sensational journalistic reportage of the scandal"; "yellow journalism") 5. jaundiced, yellow -- ((archaic) showing or experiencing a state of disordered feeling or distorted judgment as through bitterness or melancholy; "all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye"-Alexander Pope) 6. yellow -- (cowardly or treacherous; "the little yellow stain of treason"-M.W.Straight; "too yellow to stand and fight") 7. jaundiced, yellow -- (affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc) Antonyms of adj yellow 7 senses of yellow Sense 1 yellow, yellowish, xanthous INDIRECT (VIA chromatic) -> achromatic Sense 2 chicken, chickenhearted, lily-livered, white-livered, yellow, yellow-bellied INDIRECT (VIA cowardly) -> brave, courageous, fearless Sense 3 yellow, yellowed INDIRECT (VIA old) -> new Sense 4 scandalmongering, sensationalistic, yellow(postnominal) INDIRECT (VIA sensational) -> unsensational Sense 5 jaundiced, yellow INDIRECT (VIA irrational) -> rational Sense 6 yellow INDIRECT (VIA dishonorable) -> honorable, honourable Sense 7 jaundiced, yellow INDIRECT (VIA unhealthy) -> healthy Similarity of adj yellow 7 senses of yellow Sense 1 yellow, yellowish, xanthous => chromatic (vs. achromatic) Sense 2 chicken, chickenhearted, lily-livered, white-livered, yellow, yellow-bellied => cowardly (vs. brave), coward(postnominal), fearful Sense 3 yellow, yellowed => old (vs. new) Sense 4 scandalmongering, sensationalistic, yellow(postnominal) => sensational (vs. unsensational) Sense 5 jaundiced, yellow => irrational (vs. rational) Sense 6 yellow => dishonorable (vs. honorable), dishonourable Sense 7 jaundiced, yellow => unhealthy (vs. healthy) Attributes of adj yellow Familiarity of adj yellow yellow used as an adjective is common (polysemy count = 7) Grep of adj yellow brownish-yellow canary-yellow yellow yellow-bellied yellow-brown yellow-green yellowed yellowish Overview of adj yellow The adj yellow has 7 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (26) yellow, yellowish, xanthous -- (similar to the color of an egg yolk) 2. (2) chicken, chickenhearted, lily-livered, white-livered, yellow, yellow-bellied -- ((informal) easily frightened) 3. (1) yellow, yellowed -- (changed to a yellowish color by age; "yellowed parchment") 4. scandalmongering, sensationalistic, yellow -- (typical of tabloids; "sensational journalistic reportage of the scandal"; "yellow journalism") 5. jaundiced, yellow -- ((archaic) showing or experiencing a state of disordered feeling or distorted judgment as through bitterness or melancholy; "all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye"-Alexander Pope) 6. yellow -- (cowardly or treacherous; "the little yellow stain of treason"-M.W.Straight; "too yellow to stand and fight") 7. jaundiced, yellow -- (affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc)
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