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
Wing, which flies parcels attached to a white and yellow drone with many helicopter-like propellers, did not give a date for the launch or list specific cities.
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 23 Mar. 2026
Dressed in the popular fast food chain’s signature red-and-yellow uniforms, the recording depicts them carrying out tasks handled by human workers, including welcoming guests, assisting with service and delivering food orders.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 23 Mar. 2026
David Gray | Reuters Gold prices fell again on Monday morning as investors continued to ditch exposure to the precious yellow metal, which is having its status as a safe-haven trade tested amid the ongoing war in Iran.
—Joseph Wilkins, CNBC, 23 Mar. 2026
These ripe berries are alluringly red, uniformly speckled with dry, diminutive yellow seeds.
—Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 23 Mar. 2026
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 23 Mar. 2026
Dressed in the popular fast food chain’s signature red-and-yellow uniforms, the recording depicts them carrying out tasks handled by human workers, including welcoming guests, assisting with service and delivering food orders.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 23 Mar. 2026
David Gray | Reuters Gold prices fell again on Monday morning as investors continued to ditch exposure to the precious yellow metal, which is having its status as a safe-haven trade tested amid the ongoing war in Iran.
—Joseph Wilkins, CNBC, 23 Mar. 2026
These ripe berries are alluringly red, uniformly speckled with dry, diminutive yellow seeds.
—Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 23 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for yellow
Adjective
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The problem, at its core, is that people have been afraid to leave their homes to go to work as a result of the ICE surge.—
Conor Wight,
CBS News,
24 Mar. 2026
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Meanwhile, some staff members, other career officials say, are afraid to voice dissenting views for fear of being fired.—
Avi Asher-Schapiro,
ProPublica,
24 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Camarillo, a substitute teacher, is also scared for her students.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Mar. 2026
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When people are scared to see their primary doctor for routine care like asthma check-ups with inhaler refills, illnesses advance and require more intense healthcare utilization.—
Dr. Lauren Palladino,
Hartford Courant,
22 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Mara looks aptly frightened and confused, or maybe that was just my own face reflected in the screen.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
18 Mar. 2026
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Try Visual Deterrents Birds are easily frightened, so adding colorful flags that wave in the wind may keep them from landing on your lawn and dining on your grass seed.—
Michelle Mastro,
The Spruce,
13 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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This is not the first time the United States has taken careful aim in Iran and shot its own feet.—
Nicholas D. Kristof,
Mercury News,
21 Mar. 2026
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Kang noted that Demon Hunters’ visual style was consciously shaped by her lifelong love of anime and manhwa — Korean comics and graphic novels — and executed with careful attention to Korean linguistic and cultural nuances, even though the film’s lingua franca is American English.—
Dan Bilefsky,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Mar. 2026
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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The nagging wife, the angry daughter and the spineless detective.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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He must be impeached, but with a spineless Congress and a corrupt Supreme Court how this will happen is in grave doubt.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
26 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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It’s populated by craven, cowardly traitors.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
25 Mar. 2026
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Thomas Jefferson, the great hero of the Declaration of Independence, is shown as hypocritical, cowardly, manipulative, a schemer of every kind.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
25 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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It’s populated by craven, cowardly traitors.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
25 Mar. 2026
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In a particularly craven twist, this letter enlisted the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Equal Protection Clause to halt or hinder affinity programming in schools.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
20 Mar. 2026
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“Yellow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yellow. Accessed 28 Mar. 2026.
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