grayish
having a tinge of gray; slightly gray: The sky was full of dark, grayish clouds.
similar to gray: a grayish color; a grayish purple.
Origin of grayish
1- Also especially British, grey·ish .
Words Nearby grayish
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How to use grayish in a sentence
As a result, the underlying tin corroded, pushing its way through defects in the alloy and covering some of the gold as grayish grime.
Why once-gold ceilings in Spain’s Alhambra palace have purple stains | Carmen Drahl | September 9, 2022 | Science NewsPaula Neal happily accepted a three-toned wig — with dark roots, a grayish middle and purple ends — that matched the purple in her hair she had begun to lose.
A confidence boost for women who lose their hair to cancer: A free wig and stylist | Kellie B. Gormly | October 28, 2021 | Washington PostThat means painted lady caterpillars — which are grayish-brown with yellow stripes and spikes — don’t have a lot to eat, and the painted lady population can’t grow.
A European butterfly bonanza starts with caterpillars 4,000 miles away | Benji Jones | June 25, 2021 | VoxIt just has grayish, ropelike tissue that burrows through soil.
‘Vampire’ parasite challenges the definition of a plant | Susan Milius | September 16, 2020 | Science News For StudentsOne week her hair was grayish pink, the next it was black with bangs, then pixie-cut, then Marilyn Monroe–like curls.
Agyness Deyn in ‘Pusher’: On Stripping, Acting, and How She’s Not Done Modeling | Isabel Wilkinson | October 24, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
The public observers were overwhelmingly male, most of them in jeans and grayish blazers.
Norway Puts Hate on Trial, With Anders Behring Breivik’s Ugly Beliefs | Asne Seierstad | April 15, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThey are grayish or colorless, and have a dull waxy look, as if cut from paraffin (Figs. 43 and 61).
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddBeauty was still hers, and the dress of grayish hue, nun-like in its simplicity, seemed more than royal robe.
The Fifth String | John Philip SousaBut here is an account of an Indian monkey, of a light grayish yellow color, with black hands and feet.
Minnie's Pet Monkey | Madeline LeslieHis grayish brown hair was combed carefully from one side across the top in an unsuccessful attempt to conceal his baldness.
A Hoosier Chronicle | Meredith NicholsonThey vary exceedingly in colour, and pass through the intermediate gradations from a dark brown to a pale fulvous, and a grayish.
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