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sallow

/ˈsæləʊ/adjective

उच्चारण सैलो

पीला, फीका (रंग)

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adjective
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    (of a person's skin or face) having a slightly yellow colour that does not look healthy

    पीला, फीका (रंग)

    • a sallow complexion
    • After months of illness, his face looked thin and sallow.
    • He looked sallow and tired after the night shift.
    + 2 more examples
    • Poor diet had left the child with a sallow face.
    • Under the pale light, her skin looked sallow.

    Synonyms pale pallid wan sickly jaundiced

    Opposite rosy ruddy healthy glowing

≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling

sal·low

?Which word?

Keep apart sallow (yellowish and unhealthy, of skin) and shallow (not deep) and swallow.

Sallow (त्वचा के लिए, पीलापन लिए अस्वस्थ), shallow (उथला) और swallow को अलग रखिए।

Keep the pale-skin words together: sallow (yellowish and unhealthy), pallid (pale and unhealthy), wan (pale and tired), ashen (very pale, from shock), pasty (pale and unhealthy, informal).

पीली त्वचा के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: sallow (पीलापन लिए अस्वस्थ), pallid (पीला और अस्वस्थ), wan (पीला और थका), ashen (सदमे से बहुत पीला), pasty (पीला और अस्वस्थ, अनौपचारिक)।

§Grammar and usage

The opposite ruddy means red and healthy.

विपरीत ruddy का अर्थ लाल और स्वस्थ है।