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- Dictionarysallow/ˈsaləʊ/
noun
- 1. a willow tree, especially one of a low-growing or shrubby kind. British
- 2. a European moth with dull yellow, orange, and brown patterned wings.
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SALLOW definition: 1. (of white-skinned people) yellowish and looking unhealthy: 2. (of white-skinned people…. Learn more.
The meaning of SALLOW is any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark. How to use sallow in a sentence. Did you know?
Sallow means unhealthy in appearance — often yellow in color — and is almost invariably used to describe someone's complexion. His smile was as engaging as ever, but from his sallow complexion, I knew he was sick.
Sallow definition: of a sickly, yellowish or lightish brown color. See examples of SALLOW used in a sentence.
1. (Plants) any of several small willow trees, esp the Eurasian Salix cinerea (common sallow), which has large catkins that appear before the leaves. 2. (Plants) a twig or the wood of any of these trees. [Old English sealh; related to Old Norse selja, Old High German salaha, Middle Low German salwīde, Latin salix]
adjective. If a person has sallow skin, their skin, especially on their face, is a pale-yellowish colour and looks unhealthy. She had lank hair and sallow skin. His face was sallow and shiny with sweat. Synonyms: wan, pale, sickly, pasty More Synonyms of sallow. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
(of white-skinned people) yellowish and looking unhealthy: a sallow complexion / face. Compare. wan literary. sickly. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. The skin, & skin color. anti-wrinkle. ashy. basal cell. blush. coloring. complexion. flushed. palely. pallidly. pasty. peaches and cream. percutaneous. perionychium. strawberry mark.
