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
Varieties include the early-blooming Solar Glow™, which produces red-orange blooms, and Solar Flare™ with yellow flowers accented in orange hues.
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Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 24 Oct. 2025
His new home was a three-story building with yellow and green balconies that overlooked the city.
—Vidushi Mishti Sharma, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2025
Small amounts of lower-energy red, orange, and yellow light get made, along with even smaller amounts of high-energy blue light.
—Rowan Jacobsen, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
The cocktail includes Pantalones Organic Blanco Tequila, Aperol, yellow chartreuse and fresh lime juice garnished with a lime wedge.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
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Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 24 Oct. 2025
His new home was a three-story building with yellow and green balconies that overlooked the city.
—Vidushi Mishti Sharma, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2025
Small amounts of lower-energy red, orange, and yellow light get made, along with even smaller amounts of high-energy blue light.
—Rowan Jacobsen, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
The cocktail includes Pantalones Organic Blanco Tequila, Aperol, yellow chartreuse and fresh lime juice garnished with a lime wedge.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for yellow
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After long mornings at my father’s bedside, my mother and I arrived at Confiserie Sprüngli weary and afraid.—
Aleksandra Crapanzano,
The Atlantic,
27 Oct. 2025
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And while Parker wasn’t afraid of no ghosts, what about Huey Lewis’ lawyers?—
Joe Lynch,
Billboard,
27 Oct. 2025
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In the past, many manga and anime publishers were scared to work with Hollywood.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Oct. 2025
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There is no reason for this team, when playing complementary football, to be scared of anyone.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
27 Oct. 2025
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The Japanese had cyclotrons but no nuclear lobby driven by frightened, concerned, or ambitious scientists.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
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Her parents were opposed to the Russian occupation but too frightened to talk about it.—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
19 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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This careful tiptoeing is probably because the scissor artwork was never meant to be sold at a wider scale.—
Samantha Allen,
Them.,
24 Oct. 2025
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Be careful when handling debris that may have blown into your yard.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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
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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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Shmi, who died for nothing, the cowardly Jedi refusing to free her, refusing to interfere.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 Oct. 2025
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My cowardly stread ended today, however.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Missourians have the opportunity to put this craven power grab up for a vote.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Sep. 2025
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There are lots of good rebuttals to this craven move.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Yellow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yellow. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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