as in hostility
a deep-seated ill will
the jaundice in the eyes of the two feuding neighbors was enough to kill crabgrass
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Recent Examples of jaundice
By the time red flags like fatigue, jaundice, swelling or easy bruising appear, the damage may already be done, the doctor warned.
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Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 21 Sep. 2025
Symptoms may include jaundice (yellowing of the skin and eyes), rash, and weakness.
—Lindsay Cook, Health, 10 Sep. 2025
Within a week, Luka showed signs of jaundice, and even phototherapy under blue lights didn't improve his condition.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
About 60 percent of babies are born with jaundice—a yellow tint to the skin and whites of the eyes.
—IEEE Spectrum, 8 Nov. 2017
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Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 21 Sep. 2025
Symptoms may include jaundice (yellowing of the skin and eyes), rash, and weakness.
—Lindsay Cook, Health, 10 Sep. 2025
Within a week, Luka showed signs of jaundice, and even phototherapy under blue lights didn't improve his condition.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
About 60 percent of babies are born with jaundice—a yellow tint to the skin and whites of the eyes.
—IEEE Spectrum, 8 Nov. 2017
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jaundice
Noun
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Instead, an arcane academic skirmish has devolved into open hostilities.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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Fox News Digital reviewed internal Signal chat messages from Seattle-area rapid response groups showing that the rejection of whistles triggered open hostility.—
Asra Q. Nomani,
FOXNews.com,
7 Feb. 2026
Noun
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This one-year penance business reeks of score-settling, petty grudges and arm-twisting.—
Steve Buckley,
New York Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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Some can hold grudges for years.—
Steve Fryer,
Oc Register,
22 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Emily Brontë’s novel is a book that stains — its emotions seep through generations, its hatreds metastasize, its love transforms into something unholy and permanent.—
Ana Gutierrez,
Austin American Statesman,
11 Feb. 2026
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The Talmud teaches that Jerusalem was destroyed not only because of hatred, but because of sinat chinam, baseless hatred fueled by moral absolutism.—
Rabbi Bruce D. Forman,
Sun Sentinel,
10 Feb. 2026
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Tahini’s bitterness balances the intense sweetness of dates, the traditional Ramadan break-the-fast food; stuffing dates with tahini is a Ramadan treat.—
Faye Levy,
Oc Register,
11 Feb. 2026
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The bitterness is concentrated in the green shoot itself.—
Caitlin Beale,
Health,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Jaundice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jaundice. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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