as in afraid
having or showing a shameful lack of courage
you'll come with us into the cave, unless you're yellow
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Recent Examples of yellow
Leo’s cheesing hard with his wild curly mane amid the banner yellow and orange aspen leaves.
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Christopher Kamrani, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
The fusion restaurant received a yellow placard after health inspectors watched an employee fail to remove gloves after handling raw meat.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 17 Oct. 2025
While strutting her stuff on the runway, model Devyn Garcia recovered gracefully when her pink-and-yellow shawl fell to the ground.
—Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
Why are many protesters wearing yellow?
—Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 17 Oct. 2025
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Christopher Kamrani, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
The fusion restaurant received a yellow placard after health inspectors watched an employee fail to remove gloves after handling raw meat.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 17 Oct. 2025
While strutting her stuff on the runway, model Devyn Garcia recovered gracefully when her pink-and-yellow shawl fell to the ground.
—Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
Why are many protesters wearing yellow?
—Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 17 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for yellow
Adjective
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For its part, Beijing remained defiant, with the commerce ministry saying Sunday that China doesn’t want a tariff war but is also not afraid of one.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
13 Oct. 2025
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Those in the fanbase who wanted Lewis gone four weeks ago are now afraid to lose him.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The boy at the quotation board is running scared.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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The best evidence that the Jets were scared to let Fields throw came before halftime, when New York went for it on fourth down on a fake punt, converted it, and then proceeded to run out the clock to head to the locker room.—
The Athletic NFL Staff,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Her parents were opposed to the Russian occupation but too frightened to talk about it.—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
19 Oct. 2025
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That included an incident in a press box at Yankee Stadium in 2013, when a frightened and fractured Kay had to be brought back to a team hotel, or an incident at the offices at Angel Stadium on Easter Day in 2019 when a sweating and erratic Kay was taken home and then hospitalized.—
Sean Emery,
Oc Register,
18 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Rather, the Penguins will be very careful with both of their teenagers.—
Josh Yohe,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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And to find or develop a future CEO takes careful planning and grooming, considering today’s massive disruptions like tariff impacts and the expansive growth of AI.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Some also have lost lawyers, dismayed by the pusillanimous behavior of their leaders.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
28 May 2025
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The second believed the United States could attain comprehensive security through military-technological means and saw diplomacy as a quixotic or pusillanimous enterprise that dishonored and weakened the country.—
A. Wess Mitchell,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Because Republicans in Congress are spineless.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
1 Oct. 2025
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Many Democrats, including progressives, said the move was spineless on Schumer’s part.—
Julia Manchester,
The Hill,
30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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In practice, despite his rhetoric, Israel’s longest serving prime minister’s security policy was widely seen as cautious and relatively restrained, even derided as cowardly by political rivals, who also mocked his inability to make decisive moves.—
Tal Shalev,
CNN Money,
29 Sep. 2025
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Violence in a place of worship is a cowardly and criminal act.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Missourians have the opportunity to put this craven power grab up for a vote.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Sep. 2025
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There are lots of good rebuttals to this craven move.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Yellow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yellow. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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