grey
adjective
- 1
as grey as a badger
having completely grey hairHe’s getting as grey as a badger.Submitted by:
Ismail from Russian Federation on 14/01/2018
grey
adjective
/ɡreɪ/
Word Forms
| adjective | grey |
| comparative | greyer |
| superlative | greyest |
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- 1between black and white in colour. If something is similar to this colour, you can say that it is a greyish colour
He wore a dark grey suit.
The water was a greyish-green.
Synonyms and related wordsWords used to describe specific coloursalabasteramberamethyst - 2if someone goes or turns grey, their hair starts to become white
She seems to have gone grey very quickly.
Synonyms and related wordsHair coloura platinum blondeauburnblonde - 3if someone’s face is grey, they look pale, because they are ill, weak, or shockedgrey with:
His face was grey with pain.
Synonyms and related wordsLooking unhealthy or illwanpallidgreenSynonyms and related wordsWords used to describe skin coloura high colouralbino(as) white as a sheet - 4used for describing the weather or the light when it is not very bright, because there is a lot of cloud
In London it was a grey November day.
The rain stopped and the grey skies began to clear.
Synonyms and related wordsMoisture in the air, clouds and cloudy weatherbankbillowcirrocumulus - 5boring
the drab grey tedium of his life
Synonyms and related wordsNot interesting or excitingboringdulltedious - 6not clear and therefore not easy to deal with
a grey area in environmental law
Synonyms and related wordsDifficult or impossible to deal withdifficultimpossibletrying - 7only before nounused for describing issues that affect old people
the grey vote
Synonyms and related wordsOld (of people)ancientelderlyold - 8
as grey as a badger
having completely grey hairHe’s getting as grey as a badger.Submitted by:
Ismail from Russian Federation on 14/01/2018
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grey
/ɡreɪ/
another spelling of gray
Synonyms and related words
Colors
apricot
aqua
aquamarine
Synonyms and related words
Words used to describe specific colors
alabaster
amber
amethyst
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grey
noun
/ɡreɪ/
Word Forms
| singular | grey |
| plural | greys |
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- 1countable/uncountable a colour that is between black and white
shades of grey
Synonyms and related wordsColoursapricotaquaaquamarine - 2countable an animal that is grey in colour, especially a horse or a catSynonyms and related wordsGeneral animal typesadultamphibiananimal
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grey
verb intransitive
/ɡreɪ/
Word Forms
| present tense | |
| I/you/we/they | grey |
| he/she/it | greys |
| present participle | greying |
| past tense | greyed |
| past participle | greyed |
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- 1to become grey in colour
a greying sky
Synonyms and related wordsTo become a different colourblackenbleachbleed - 2if a person or their hair is greying, their hair is becoming whiteSynonyms and related wordsWhat hair can doflowgreygrow out
phrasal verbs
grey out