Meaning

5 senses
  1. Yellowish.

    Of a sickly pale colour.

    blassgelblich, blässlich, teigig

    земли́стыйzemlístyj

  2. (Ireland)Of a tan colour, associated with people from southern Europe or East Asia.

  3. Having skin (especially on the face) of a sickly pale colour.

  4. Having a similar pale, yellowish colour.

  5. Foul; murky; sickly.

More definitions
  • unhealthy looking

Examples

3 sentences
  1. A tall man with a sallow complexion walked into the room and sat down next to Tom.

    ruЧеловек с землистым лицом вошел в комнату и сел рядом с Томом. — sharptoothed

    deEin großer Mann mit fahler Gesichtsfarbe kam in den Raum und setzte sich neben Tom. — Dani6187

  2. Anne cast herself into Marilla's arms and rapturously kissed her sallow cheek.

    deAnne warf sich Marilla in die Arme und küsste ihr vor Begeisterung die fahlen Wangen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. Barren trees are the fir, elder, birch, cypress, beech, ivy, sallow, linden and so on, but most of them afford shade.

Translations

4 languages
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Origin

From Middle English salowe, from Old English salu, from Proto-West Germanic *salu, from Pr

From Middle English salowe, from Old English salu, from Proto-West Germanic *salu, from Proto-Germanic *salwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *selH-.

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Forms

sallower, sallowest
Comparativesallower Lesson
Superlativesallowest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

7 related words

See also

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