Sallow means unhealthy in appearance — often yellow in color — and is almost invariably used to describe someone's complexion. His smile was as engaging as ever, but from his sallow complexion, I knew he was sick.
Whats does sallow mean?
of a sickly, yellowish or lightish brown color: sallow cheeks; a sallow complexion.
How do you use sallow?
Sallow sentence example
- He had lost weight and his skin had a sallow look. ...
- The light green scrubs made his long features look sallow and the pale blue eyes that fixed on her seemed more tired than interested. ...
- The other was the mayor, a man with a thin sallow face and narrow beard.
