yellow

(noun) yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons. Synonyms: yellowness.

(verb) turn yellow. Example: "The pages of the book began to yellow."

(adj) of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk. Synonyms: yellowish, xanthous.

(adj) easily frightened. Synonyms: chicken, chickenhearted, lily-livered, white-livered, yellow-bellied.

(adj) changed to a yellowish color by age. Synonyms: yellowed. Example: "Yellowed parchment."

(adj) typical of tabloids. Synonyms: scandalmongering, sensationalistic, yellow(prenominal). Examples: "Sensational journalistic reportage of the scandal." "Yellow press."

(adj) cowardly or treacherous. Examples: "The little yellow stain of treason"-m.w.straight." "Too yellow to stand and fight."

(adj) affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc. Synonyms: jaundiced, icteric.