greyadjective
US usually gray uk/ɡreɪ/us/ɡreɪ/grey adjective (COLOUR)
A1 of the colour that is a mixture of black and white, the colour of rain clouds:
C2 having hair that has become grey or white, usually because of age:
B2 used to describe the weather when there are a lot of clouds and little light:
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Black, white & grey
- black
- blackness
- coal black
- cream
- dark
- dove grey
- dusty
- greyish
- gunmetal grey
- inky
- jet black
- milky
- off white
- pearl
- pitch-dark
- sable
- snow white
- steel grey
- white
- whitish
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grey adjective (BORING)
C1 boring and sad:
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Tedious and uninspiring
- anonymous
- antiseptic
- banal
- be (as) dull as ditchwater idiom
- bland
- boring
- colourless
- drab
- earthbound
- flat-footed
- middle-aged
- mind-numbing
- monochrome
- monotonous
- mouldy
- stolid
- tedious
- threadbare
- tired
- tiresome
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greynoun [ C or U ]
US usually gray uk/ɡreɪ/us/ɡreɪ/A2 the colour that is a mixture of black and white, the colour of rain clouds:
More examples
- Paul wore pale grey trousers with a black jacket.
- She walked through the city centre with its drab, grey buildings and felt depressed.
- Her face was gaunt and grey.
- It was a grey and sunless day and our spirits were low.
- She was dressed very soberly in a plain grey suit.
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Black, white & grey
- black
- blackness
- coal black
- cream
- dark
- dove grey
- dusty
- greyish
- gunmetal grey
- inky
- jet black
- milky
- off white
- pearl
- pitch-dark
- sable
- snow white
- steel grey
- white
- whitish
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greyverb [ I ]
US usually gray uk/ɡreɪ/us/ɡreɪ/grey verb [ I ] (HAIR)
If a person or their hair greys, their hair becomes grey or white, usually because of age:
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Black, white & grey
- black
- blackness
- coal black
- cream
- dark
- dove grey
- dusty
- greyish
- gunmetal grey
- inky
- jet black
- milky
- off white
- pearl
- pitch-dark
- sable
- snow white
- steel grey
- white
- whitish
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grey verb [ I ] (GET OLDER)
If a group of people is greying, it contains an increasing number of older people:
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Describing people who are old
- aged
- ageing
- ageless
- aging
- as old as Methuselah idiom
- day
- elderly
- foot
- for a man/woman/person of his/her years idiom
- gaga
- geriatric
- grand old age idiom
- have had its/your day idiom
- have one foot in the grave idiom
- overage
- pensionable
- senile
- sprightly
- spry
- superannuated
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