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greyer

ADJECTIVE

muted silver in color

Synonyms

WEAK

Dove ash ashen battleship cinereal clouded dingy drab dusky dusty granite heather iron lead leaden livid mousy neutral oyster pearly peppery powder sere shaded silvered silvery slate smoky somber stone

Example Sentences

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Climbers returning from Everest have said the mountain was dryer and greyer now.

From Reuters • Oct. 30, 2023

The UK appears greyer and less free in contrast.

From BBC • Dec. 15, 2022

Forever captured on film and in photographs as young and fresh-faced, it’s startling to see that their hair is sparser or greyer or both.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2020

Perhaps a little slimmer and greyer than he used to be, but that’s it.

From The Guardian • Jan. 26, 2020

Cully lost the vertical stripes of his first year’s plumage and became greyer, grimmer, madder, and distinguished by smart horizontal ban where the long stripes had been.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White