Dictionary

yellowish en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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• /ˈjɛlɔʊɪʃ/ (US)
• /ˈjɛləʊɪʃ/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Middle English ȝelowisch; equivalent to yellow + -ish.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Somewhat yellow in colour.
   • But, like more than one similar North Wales beauty-spot, there had to be (at least at the time of which I write), a quarry, or ironworks, or some kind of industrial plant, which lay perpetually under a cloud of yellowish smoke—literally a blot on the landscape. 1955 January 14, R. S. McNaught, “From the Severn to the Mersey by Great Western”, in Railway Magazine, pages 18-19:
   • A biologist has named a newly discovered species of moth after our next president. The Neopalpa donaldtrumpi is a wee little creature found in parts of California and Baja, Mexico. […] It seems nature favors fancy golden hairdos as much as the man himself (who could forget China’s beloved Trump bird?), because the N. donaldtrumpi sports a very familiar-looking crown of yellowish scales. 2017 January 18, AJ Willingham, “New moth named in honor of Donald Trump”, in CNN, archived from the original on 12 Nov 2020:

Antonyms

achromatic · colorless

Deriveds

yellowishly · yellowishness

Hypernyms

yellow · tinted

Hyponyms

ochroleucous · lemony · aureate · sandy

Synonyms

yellowy · lutescent · luteous · yellowish · icterine · flavescent · xanthic

Translations (63)

alt сарызымак (somewhat yellow) · sh жу̏ћкаст (somewhat yellow) · da gulagtig (somewhat yellow) · vo luyelibik (somewhat yellow) · da gullig (somewhat yellow) · gd fo-bhuidhe (somewhat yellow) · hu sárgás (somewhat yellow) · it giallastro (somewhat yellow) · eo dubeflava (somewhat yellow) · tr sarımsı (somewhat yellow) · pt tirante a amarelo (somewhat yellow) · la luteolus (somewhat yellow) · pt amarelado (somewhat yellow) · ota صاریمسی (somewhat yellow) · is gulleitur (somewhat yellow) · et kollakas (somewhat yellow) · es amarillento (somewhat yellow) · ru желтова́тый (somewhat yellow) · vo yeliblik (somewhat yellow) · ro gălbeniu (somewhat yellow) · hy դեղնավուն (somewhat yellow) · ro gălbui (somewhat yellow) · he צְהַבְהַב (somewhat yellow) · ia aliquanto jalne (somewhat yellow) · gl amarelado (somewhat yellow) · it gialliccio (somewhat yellow) · it giallognolo (somewhat yellow) · br azvelen (somewhat yellow) · ga scothbhuí (somewhat yellow) · xal шарвцр (somewhat yellow) · pl żółtawy (somewhat yellow) · eo flaveta (somewhat yellow) · cs žlutavý (somewhat yellow) · pt amarelento (somewhat yellow) · nn gulaktig (somewhat yellow) · fi kellahko (somewhat yellow) · br arvelen (somewhat yellow) · ca groguenc (somewhat yellow) · bg жълтеникав (somewhat yellow) · mr पिवळट (somewhat yellow) · br damvelen (somewhat yellow) · sv gulaktig (somewhat yellow) · fi kellertävä (somewhat yellow) · sh žȕćkast (somewhat yellow) · la galbinus (somewhat yellow) · lv dzeltengans (somewhat yellow) · lv dzeltenīgs (somewhat yellow) · mr पिवळसर (somewhat yellow) · ka მოყვითალო (somewhat yellow) · de gelblich (somewhat yellow) · fr jaunâtre (somewhat yellow) · cjs сарғамдық (somewhat yellow) · nl geelachtig (somewhat yellow) · ro gălbenatic (somewhat yellow) · ga leathbhuí (somewhat yellow) · ca grogós (somewhat yellow) · nb gulaktig (somewhat yellow) · ro gălbiu (somewhat yellow) · gl amarelento (somewhat yellow) · lv iedzeltens (somewhat yellow) · vo yelovilik (somewhat yellow) · kk сарғылт (somewhat yellow) · nl gelig (somewhat yellow)