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sallowness

noun

Definition of sallownessnext
as in greenness

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  1. greenness
  2. pallor
  3. paleness
  4. whiteness
Noun
  • Stoughton’s website, meanwhile, does more than advertise the company’s current greenness.
    — Kyle Devine, Longreads, 14 July 2026
  • One by one the great trees are killed, the suburban greenness collapsing.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 May 2026
Definition of greenness
Noun
  • If everything is already imbued with the pallor of the dead from the start, then nothing is scary or unexpected.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The victim’s skin has taken on that faint swampy pallor, and the angles of his pelvis are caved in like fractured porcelain.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of pallor
Noun
  • Some of the symptoms of iron-deficiency anemia include fatigue, weakness and paleness.
    — BestReviews, Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Other symptoms include fatigue, dizziness, paleness, and a rapid heart rate.
    — Peter Pressman, Verywell Health, 9 Dec. 2025
Definition of paleness
Noun
  • Another way to see the Wasian moment is less as a portent of Asians being absorbed into whiteness and more as evidence of the desire to not allow that to happen.
    — E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Much like whiteness itself, America can only admire its virtues by strategically omitting most of its own history.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of whiteness
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“Sallowness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sallowness. Accessed 17 Sep. 2026.

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