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sallowish

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of sallowish

having an unhealthy yellowish skin color

A youngish sallowish gentleman in spectacles … caused a profound sensation …
— Charles Dickens

Synonyms and Near Synonyms of sallowish

sick, sickly, waxen, waxy

white, whitened

anemic, bloodless

whey-faced, white-faced

ashen, ashy, blanched, cadaverous, doughy, livid, lurid, mealy, pale, paled, pallid, pasty, peaked, wan

Antonyms and Near Antonyms of sallowish

blushing, flushed, pink

blooming, florid, flush, full-blooded, glowing, red, rosy, rubicund, ruddy, sanguine

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