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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

And throughout this Test Woakes has proven that the hair may be greyer but - in England at least - he is still as dependable as ever.

From BBC • Jul. 8, 2023

Today the hair is shorter, and greyer, the beard salt-and-pepper, but he still looks good, like a tired lion.

From The Guardian • Sep. 1, 2020

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

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