sallow
1 synonym and 1 antonym for sallow, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Adj — Pale in an unhealthy-looking way.
Synonyms
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Synonyms by Meaning
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.”
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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