greyingadjective
US usually graying uk/ˈɡreɪ.ɪŋ/us/ˈɡreɪ.ɪŋ/greying adjective (HAIR)
used to describe a person whose hair is becoming grey or white, or the hair itself:
He is short, with a greying beard.
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Hair colour
- aflame
- ash blonde
- auburn
- balayage
- blonde
- blondes have more fun idiom
- brunette
- carrot-top
- carroty
- coloring
- fair
- ginger
- golden
- grey
- grizzled
- raven
- redhead
- strawberry blonde
- sun-kissed
- Titian
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greying adjective (OLDER)
containing an increasing number of older people:
Japan's greying population will drive up medical and pension payments.
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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
- grey
- have had its/your day idiom
- have one foot in the grave idiom
- overage
- pensionable
- sprightly
- spry
- superannuated
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