sallow

About 0.45 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Yellowish. Of an unhealthy pale colour. Of a tan colour, associated with people from southern Europe or East Asia.
2. adjective Of an unhealthy pale colour.
3. adjective Of a tan colour, associated with people from southern Europe or East Asia.
4. adjective Having skin (especially on the face) of a sickly pale colour.
5. adjective Having a similar pale, yellowish colour.
6. adjective Foul; murky; sickly.
7. verb To become sallow.
8. verb To cause (someone or something) to become sallow.

Similar words

sickly unhealthy wan yellowish sallowy sallowfaced tallow-faced pale yellow-skinned blake

Often followed by

face complexion and skin cheeks man cheek faces or

Word family

sallower sallowest sallowish sallowness sallownesses sallows