sallowing
Becoming pale yellow
Sallowing is the process of becoming sallow—taking on a yellowish, unhealthy complexion.
Skin sallows from illness, exhaustion, or poor nutrition: Months of night shifts had left her face sallowing.
The word can apply figuratively to anything losing its healthy color or vitality: The autumn light was sallowing the landscape.
Becoming pale gold-brown
- jaundicingInducing bile-tinted discoloration
- discoloringAltering in hue
- wanPale and unwell-looking
- sicklyProne to poor health
unhealthy · pallid · bilious · allow · jaundiced · muddying · dulling · tinging
Briefly boiling then cooling
- whiteningMaking something lighter
- bleachingChemical color removal
- lighteningMaking lighter in weight/shade
- washing outRemoving by water
ashen · chalky · pasty · colorless · anemic · bloodless · pallor · ghostly
yellowing
Becoming pale gold-brown
- jaundicingInducing bile-tinted discoloration
- discoloringAltering in hue
- wanPale and unwell-looking
sickly · unhealthy · pallid · bilious · allow · jaundiced · muddying · dulling · tinging · tainting
blanching
Briefly boiling then cooling
- whiteningMaking something lighter
- bleachingChemical color removal
- lighteningMaking lighter in weight/shade
washing out · ashen · chalky · pasty · colorless · anemic · bloodless · pallor · ghostly · faint
deteriorating
Becoming progressively worse
fading · withering · waning · ebbing · flagging · drooping · wilting · languishing · diminishing · degenerating
sallowingflushing
Washing by water surge
reddening · blushing · pinkening · blooming · crimsoning
sallowingblooming
Producing flowers now
flourishing · thriving · glowing · vitalizing · freshening