sallow

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I believe the aversion to warm colors stems from skin tone, as sallow predominates in that region of the world.

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Quick take

any of several Old World shrubby broad-leaved willows having large catkins; some are important sources for tanbark and charcoal

Meaning at a glance

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noun

any of several Old World shrubby broad-leaved willows having large catkins; some are important sources for tanbark and charcoal

verb

cause to become sallow; "The illness has sallowed her face"

adjective

unhealthy looking

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for sallow.

noun

any of several Old World shrubby broad-leaved willows having large catkins; some are important sources for tanbark and charcoal

verb

cause to become sallow; "The illness has sallowed her face"

adjective

unhealthy looking

Example sentences

I believe the aversion to warm colors stems from skin tone, as sallow predominates in that region of the world.

If that means I have to shop for my own groceries, rather than having them delivered, then that's what I'll do. This also has the benefit that I can pick my own produce, rather than relying on someone who works for Peapod or similar, who likely gets paid rather poor wages, and who, to pick one particularly memorable example, has no particular interest in seeing to it that I get fresh, firm, ripe bell peppers instead of sallow, sunken, half-gone-over ones.

If you encouraged you son to do no opening preparation, aside from general principles, encouraged him to turn up at the board physically fit, full of energy, concentration and determination to win instead of tired a sallow from spending all his time studying, then he would be killing it even more.