1. (

• yellow ,
• yellowness

) yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons ;

1. (

• yellow

) turn yellow; "The pages of the book began to yellow" ;

1. (

• yellow ,
• yellowish ,
• xanthous

) of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk ;

2. (

• chicken ,
• chickenhearted ,
• lily-livered ,
• white-livered ,
• yellow ,
• yellow-bellied

) easily frightened ;

3. (

• yellow ,
• yellowed

) changed to a yellowish color by age; "yellowed parchment" ;

4. (

• scandalmongering ,
• sensationalistic ,
• yellow

) typical of tabloids; "sensational journalistic reportage of the scandal"; "yellow press" ;

5. (

• yellow

) cowardly or treacherous; "the little yellow stain of treason"-M.W.Straight; "too yellow to stand and fight" ;

6. (

• jaundiced ,
• icteric ,
• yellow

) affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc ;