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Synonyms for sallow

Grammar : Adj
Spell : sal-oh
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsæl oʊ

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Définition of sallow

Origin :
  • Old English salo "dusky, dark" (related to sol "dark, dirty"), from Proto-Germanic *salwa- (cf. Middle Dutch salu "discolored, dirty," Old High German salo "dirty gray," Old Norse sölr "dirty yellow"), from PIE root *sal- "dirty, gray" (cf. Old Church Slavonic slavojocije "grayish-blue color," Russian solovoj "cream-colored"). Related: Sallowness.
  • adj pale, unhealthy
Example sentences :
  • They were hard-featured men, sallow of complexion, rigid in their looks.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • Her face was sallow and dry, and the luster had gone from her black hair.
  • Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair
  • The perspiration stood in beads on the boy's sallow forehead; but he said nothing.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Life of Napoleon » by Eugenie Foa
  • His cheek was sallow, his nose aquiline, his mouth compressed.
  • Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
  • Under his ruddy tan his skin was no longer fresh, but dull and sallow.
  • Extract from : « Louisiana Lou » by William West Winter
  • "The tribunal will inform you," replied the familiar—a tall, sallow, elderly man.
  • Extract from : « The Strolling Saint » by Raphael Sabatini
  • He paused, his sallow face flushed with the enthusiasm of his idea.
  • Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini
  • Then a flush crept into his sallow cheeks and mounted to his brow.
  • Extract from : « The Trampling of the Lilies » by Rafael Sabatini
  • His face was sallow, and the short brown beard was flecked with grey.
  • Extract from : « The Great Hunger » by Johan Bojer
  • There was nothing in that sallow but handsome face that revealed a clew to anything.
  • Extract from : « Tony Butler » by Charles James Lever

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