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sallow

1 antonym for sallow — opposites grouped by meaning.

Adj — Pale in an unhealthy-looking way.

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1. adj

Pale in an unhealthy-looking way.

“For more than a century after the scandal of 1865, artists and historians wrestled with Olympia’s sallow skin, the bracelet on her right forearm, the orchid in her upswept red hair.”

2. adj

Describes skin, especially on the face, that looks pale and unwell.

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Etymology

From Middle English salowe, from Old English salu, from Proto-West Germanic *salu, from Proto-Germanic *salwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *selH-. See also Dutch zaluw, dialectal German sal; also Irish salach (“dirty”), Welsh halog, Latin salīva, Russian соло́вый (solóvyj, “cream-colored”), and - through Frankish - Frenc...

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