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grayest

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

ADJECTIVE

silver

Synonyms

STRONGEST

drab dusty grey silvery

STRONG

Dove ash clouded dappled heather iron lead neutral oyster pearly powder shaded silvered slate stone

WEAK

ashen cinereal dingy dusky leaden livid mousy peppery sere smoky somber

Example Sentences

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Presumably the same is true of the grayest day.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 21, 2023

More than 1 in 5 people are over 65, a rate on par with some of the world’s grayest nations.

From Washington Post • Apr. 11, 2023

It makes a great coffee table book, one that can help inspire on even the grayest of days.

From The Verge • Apr. 28, 2022

Itami is one of several localities that have turned to electronic tracking as Japan, the world’s grayest nation, confronts an epidemic of dementia.

From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2022

I shall never, in my oldest grayest year, in a ducky cap by the fireplace, forget the half-second when your hand came flashing along, and caught that man on the running-board.

From Free Air by Lewis, Sinclair