Used in a Sentence

yellower

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for yellower.

Editorial note

If you associate green with grass and the grass is yellow, maybe you associate green with a yellower colour?

Examples15
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Of a yellow hue.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of yellower gathered in one view.

adjective

Of a yellow hue.

adjective

(informal) Lacking courage.

adjective

(publishing, journalism) Characterized by sensationalism, lurid content, and doubtful accuracy.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for yellower.

adjective

Of a yellow hue.

adjective

(informal) Lacking courage.

adjective

(publishing, journalism) Characterized by sensationalism, lurid content, and doubtful accuracy.

adjective

(dated, Australia, offensive) Of mixed Aboriginal and Caucasian ancestry.

Example sentences

1

If you associate green with grass and the grass is yellow, maybe you associate green with a yellower colour?

2

But the truth is the world is getting browner, yellower and more female.

3

I guess the yellower is compressed liquid oxygen spilling out laterally as the rocket spins.

4

Because it looks like it's bluish only because it's in the shade (with yellower sunlight in the background).

5

To me older incandescent headlights seemed to have a yellower light coming from a much broader area.

6

Take biology for example, they might spend 5 million, trying to find out why a certain tree has slightly yellower leafs.

7

Smart / adaptive lighting is another option, lower / yellower light in well lit spaces.

8

The eggs you get from them are much yellower, which is nice and probably better for you, but is it worth it?

9

The more closely things were associated with this person,the yellower they are--and the more wrong they look now that yellow is gone.

10

Somehow you have to tell the screen to go beyond its normal range, to show yellower yellows for super-bananas - that's HDR.

11

His charts show orangered hexbins close to the basket that somewhat evenly and predictably get lighter and yellower as distance from the basket increases.

12

Done really want to waste research resources just for yellower bananas?

Quote examples

1

After staring at the two logos for awhile, I managed to convince myself that the second "o" had changed color, becoming slightly yellower.

2

- Longer-lasting bulbs were less efficient and produced dimmer, yellower light, so they were not simply "better" products being suppressed.

3

For example if you're wearing red/blue 3d glasses for a while, when you take them off things will look greenish out of the "red" eye and yellower out of the "blue" eye.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use yellower in a sentence?

If you associate green with grass and the grass is yellow, maybe you associate green with a yellower colour?

What does yellower mean?

Of a yellow hue.

What part of speech is yellower?

yellower is commonly used as adjective.