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
The zig-zag of that famous yellow shirt winkingly graces a crescent baguette, while the black stripes of Linus’s red red shirt wrap around a slouchy shoulder bag.
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Claire Salinda, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2026
Available in white, yellow, and purple-pink hues, false indigo plants produce their blooming spires in the spring at the same time as peonies and bleeding hearts.
—Jamie McIntosh, The Spruce, 3 Mar. 2026
This yellow ring did something different.
—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2026
The yellow ring is tied to the Friends Keep Secrets podcast, hosted by Gomez’s husband Benny Blanco and featuring Lil Dicky and Kristin Batalucco.
—Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 3 Mar. 2026
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Claire Salinda, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2026
Available in white, yellow, and purple-pink hues, false indigo plants produce their blooming spires in the spring at the same time as peonies and bleeding hearts.
—Jamie McIntosh, The Spruce, 3 Mar. 2026
This yellow ring did something different.
—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2026
The yellow ring is tied to the Friends Keep Secrets podcast, hosted by Gomez’s husband Benny Blanco and featuring Lil Dicky and Kristin Batalucco.
—Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 3 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for yellow
Adjective
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All your really doing is physically hurting your child–which might lead them to feel angry, afraid, or betrayed.—
Sherri Gordon,
Parents,
3 Mar. 2026
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Over its eight-year run, ABC’s The Rookie has never been afraid to color outside the lines of the network TV cop show format.—
Josef Adalian,
Vulture,
3 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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On April 25, 2025, the dog was allegedly scared, skittish couldn’t walk.—
Staff Report,
Hartford Courant,
27 Feb. 2026
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Everyone was scared and afraid to go outside.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
27 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The facile novelty of adultery is its own mask, a sexy way of dressing up a deep, frightened longing for security.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
6 Mar. 2026
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He wasn’t arrested, but Toni Jo was frightened enough to relinquish custody of him and return to Saudi Arabia.—
James Verini,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The best way to attain them during this conjunction of Venus and Saturn in your financial zone would be to set careful guardrails around your spending.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
8 Mar. 2026
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No amount of sweeping or careful stepping keeps it at bay; shoes quickly collect a film of dust or thick mud.—
Katie Strasberg Rousso,
Southern Living,
7 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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On the flat arid plains below lives the farming community of the Bezaris, who are generally seen by the Hazerans as a group of privileged, cowardly usurers.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
26 Feb. 2026
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We will not be defined by the cowardly acts, but instead be defined by our unwavering response and our resolve to defeat them.—
Alexandra Simon,
CBS News,
24 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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But to defend books coverage in these craven terms is already to concede too much.—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2026
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Assad’s betrayal was so breathtakingly craven that some people had trouble believing it at first.—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
6 Feb. 2026
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“Yellow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yellow. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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