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sallow

adjective as in pale, unhealthy

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Lincoln would endure bout after bout of the hypos, until a permanent sadness settled onto his sallow face.

Junkies have their own look (emaciated, haunted, sallow) and their own junk names: Doolie, Cash, and Dupré.

This John is sickly and sallow, his body lacking plasticity.

Again the sallow fingers began to play with the book-covers, passing from one to another, but always slowly and gently.

Now and then he touched one with his long and sallow fingers, lifted its cover, then let it drop mechanically.

After a few minutes he returned, and then his sallow countenance wore a smile.

She patted the sallow cheek of the American with her jewelled fingers, and turned aside, glancing about her.

Then, the sallow, black-haired knave who had last night proclaimed himself as Garnache in disguise was some impostor.

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On this page you'll find 33 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to sallow, such as: dull, jaundiced, muddy, pasty, wan, and anemic.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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