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
  • Healthcare providers sometimes gently pull down the lower eyelid to look for conjunctival pallor, which means the tissue appears unusually pale.
    — Julie Scott, Verywell Health, 4 July 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
  • 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
  • His skin, darkly suntanned after just one day swimming in the sea with his fellow factory workers the other Sunday, accentuated the whiteness of his open-collared shirt.
    — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of whiteness
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“Sallowness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sallowness. Accessed 28 Aug. 2026.

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