[n] the quality or state of the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons
[adj] (informal) easily frightened
[adj] similar to the color of an egg yolk
[adj] affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc
[adj] cowardly or treacherous; "the little yellow stain of treason"-M.W.Straight; "too yellow to stand and fight"
[adj] changed to a yellowish color by age; "yellowed parchment"
[adj] (archaic) showing or experiencing a state of disordered feeling or distorted judgment as through bitterness or melancholy; "all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye"-Alexander Pope
[v] turn yellow; "The pages of the book began to yellow"
Synonyms
chicken, chickenhearted, chromatic, coward(a), cowardly, dishonorable, dishonourable, fearful, irrational, jaundiced, lily-livered, old, unhealthy, white-livered, xanthous, yellow-bellied, yellowed, yellowish, yellowness