grayish

[ grey-ish ]

adjective

1. having a tinge of gray; slightly gray:

   The sky was full of dark, grayish clouds.

2. similar to gray:

   a grayish color; a grayish purple.

Word History and Origins

Origin of grayish¹

First recorded in 1555–65; gray ¹ + -ish ¹

Example Sentences

As a result, the underlying tin corroded, pushing its way through defects in the alloy and covering some of the gold as grayish grime.

From Science News

Paula 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.

From Washington Post

That 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.

From Vox

It just has grayish, ropelike tissue that burrows through soil.

From Science News For Students

One week her hair was grayish pink, the next it was black with bangs, then pixie-cut, then Marilyn Monroe–like curls.

From The Daily Beast

The public observers were overwhelmingly male, most of them in jeans and grayish blazers.

From The Daily Beast

They are grayish or colorless, and have a dull waxy look, as if cut from paraffin (Figs. 43 and 61).

From Project Gutenberg

Beauty was still hers, and the dress of grayish hue, nun-like in its simplicity, seemed more than royal robe.

From Project Gutenberg

But here is an account of an Indian monkey, of a light grayish yellow color, with black hands and feet.

From Project Gutenberg

His grayish brown hair was combed carefully from one side across the top in an unsuccessful attempt to conceal his baldness.

From Project Gutenberg

They vary exceedingly in colour, and pass through the intermediate gradations from a dark brown to a pale fulvous, and a grayish.

From Project Gutenberg