yellow

• afraid
• amber
• bashful
• bisque
• blond
• buff
• careful
• cautious
• chicken
• chicken-livered
• chickenhearted
• chrome
• cowardly
• coy
• craven
• cream
• dastardly
• deceitful
• diffident
• fainthearted
• fearful
• feeble
• frightened
• gold
• gutless
• ivory
• lemon
• lily-livered
• milk-livered
• poltroon
• pusillanimous
• recreant
• saffron
• sand
• scared
• shy
• sneaking
• soft
• spineless
• tawny
• timid
• timorous
• treacherous
• unheroic
• unmanly
• wary
• weak
• xanthous

• audacious
• bold
• brave
• brazen
• cheeky
• confident
• courageous
• daring
• dauntless
• determined
• doughty
• fearless
• gallant
• greathearted
• gutsy
• hardy
• heroic
• heroical
• intrepid
• lionhearted
• nervy
• plucky
• resolute
• spirited
• spunky
• stalwart
• stout
• stouthearted
• strong
• valiant
• valorous

• noun
  1. The colour of gold, butter, or a lemon; the colour obtained by mixing green and red light, or by subtracting blue from white light.
  2. The intermediate light in a set of three traffic lights, the illumination of which indicates that drivers should stop short of the intersection if it is safe to do so.
  3. One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 2 points.
  4. (pocket billiards) One of two groups of object balls, or a ball from that group, as used in the principally British version of pool that makes use of unnumbered balls (the (yellow(s) and red(s)); contrast stripes and solids in the originally American version with numbered balls).
  5. A yellow card.
  6. Any of various pierid butterflies of the subfamily Coliadinae, especially the yellow coloured species. Compare sulphur.
• verb
  1. To become yellow or more yellow.
  2. To make (something) yellow or more yellow.
• adjective
  1. Having yellow as its colour.
  2. Lacking courage.
  3. Characterized by sensationalism, lurid content, and doubtful accuracy.
  4. Far East Asian (relating to Asian people).
  5. Of mixed Aboriginal and Caucasian ancestry.
  6. High yellow.
  7. Related to the Liberal Democrats.
  8. Related to the Free Democratic Party of Germany.

• The sun dipped below the horizon, casting a warm glow on the landscape, turning everything yellow.
• In the garden, a vibrant burst of daffodils added a cheerful touch of yellow to the green surroundings.
• As autumn approached, the leaves on the trees began to change from green to shades of red, orange, and yellow.
• The taxi pulled up to the curb, its distinctive yellow color making it easy to spot in the busy city traffic.
• The artist chose a bold shade of yellow to paint the accent wall, creating a focal point in the room.

unassertive

warped

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