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
Desserts, salads, chicken, roasted potatoes…what can’t be improved by the yellow fruit’s sunny disposition?
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Maggie Meyer Glisan, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Jan. 2026
Hilary Duff teased a new single with a video of her singing in a soaking wet butter yellow dress.
—Emma Banks, InStyle, 9 Jan. 2026
The pink and yellow rods showed that the shooter likely fired downward -- through the desks -- toward the sheltering students, Torrez said.
—Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 9 Jan. 2026
The blackout and butter yellow plates were approved in the state budget this summer.
—Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 9 Jan. 2026
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Maggie Meyer Glisan, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Jan. 2026
Hilary Duff teased a new single with a video of her singing in a soaking wet butter yellow dress.
—Emma Banks, InStyle, 9 Jan. 2026
The pink and yellow rods showed that the shooter likely fired downward -- through the desks -- toward the sheltering students, Torrez said.
—Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 9 Jan. 2026
The blackout and butter yellow plates were approved in the state budget this summer.
—Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 9 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for yellow
Adjective
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Others are afraid to leave their homes to do mundane things like getting groceries or shoveling snow and clearing ice from their sidewalks.—
Bao Phi,
Time,
13 Jan. 2026
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The lawsuit by the city and state says the campaign had a chilling effect, making residents afraid to leave home.—
Rebecca Santana,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The birds were scared away by a resident’s dog.—
Nicole Blanchard,
Idaho Statesman,
7 Jan. 2026
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As Hodges stood there, scared and vulnerable, the man grabbed his baton and bashed him on the head with it, rupturing his lip and smashing his skull.—
Jamie Thompson,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The article quotes two current professors but doesn’t explore why other faculty members critical of the school were too frightened to speak on the record in what Corcoran described as a campus finally open to different opinions.—
Orlando Sentinel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
7 Jan. 2026
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Freedom from fear mattered because frightened societies are easily manipulated.—
Philip Martin,
Washington Post,
7 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Be careful when handling debris that may have blown into your yard.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
11 Jan. 2026
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These soft and chewy treats are the result of dozens of careful recipe tests.—
Lizzy Briskin,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 Jan. 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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My candidacy is a symbol of the end of the weak-kneed, feckless Republican leadership of Mitch McConnell, and the spineless swamp jellyfish that are in the United States Senate representing the Republicans.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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Because Republicans in Congress are spineless.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Therefore, the cowardly officer could’ve later arrested her or simply disabled the vehicle by shooting out a tire with the same accuracy.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
15 Jan. 2026
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Just cowardly, shameful, dishonest people.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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So does the craven poor judgment required by any public officials who hire him.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
21 Dec. 2025
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Unlike their cynical and craven counterparts in Texas, a majority of Indiana Republican state senators understood that short-term electoral gains weren’t worth sacrificing their principles.—
The Editorial Board,
Oc Register,
16 Dec. 2025
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“Yellow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yellow. Accessed 18 Jan. 2026.
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