grayness
definition
- noun form of gray
gray
adjective
grey (adjective) · greyer (comparative adjective) · greyest (superlative adjective) · gray (adjective) · grayer (comparative adjective) · grayest (superlative adjective)
- of a color intermediate between black and white, as of ashes or lead:
- (of the weather) cloudy and dull:
- (of a person) having gray hair:
- relating to old people collectively:
- (of a person's face) pale, as through tiredness, age, or illness:
- without interest or character; dull and nondescript:
- (of financial or trading activity) not accounted for in official statistics:
- gray color or pigment:
- gray clothes or material:
- gray hair:
- the Confederate army in the Civil War, or a member of that army.
- a gray thing or animal, in particular a gray or white horse.
- (especially of hair) become gray with age:
- (of a person) become older:
Synonyms
gray,
grayish,
silvery,
pearly,
smoky,
sooty,
white,
silver,
hoary,
ashen,
wan,
pale,
pasty,
pallid,
colorless,
sallow,
leaden,
bloodless,
anemic,
waxen,
chalky,
sickly,
peaked,
drained,
sapped,
drawn,
deathly,
deathlike,
ghostly,
peaky,
ruddy,
cloudy,
overcast,
dull,
dim,
dark,
sunless,
gloomy,
dreary,
dismal,
somber,
drab,
bleak,
cheerless,
depressing,
glum,
misty,
foggy,
murky,
bright,
sunny,
hoary,
grizzled,
elderly,
old,
aged,
senior,
ancient,
venerable,
decrepit,
doddering,
doddery,
senescent,
young,
hoary,
grizzled,
elderly,
old,
aged,
senior,
ancient,
venerable,
decrepit,
doddering,
doddery,
senescent,
young,
bony,
skeletal,
emaciated,
scrawny,
scraggly,
rawboned,
haggard,
gaunt,
drawn,
pinched,
pale,
pallid,
white,
bloodless,
ashen,
ashy,
chalky,
waxen,
waxy,
corpselike,
deathlike,
ghostly,
livid,
etiolated,
lymphatic,
starveling,
macilent,
rosy,
florid,
fat,
plump,
characterless,
colorless,
nondescript,
unremarkable,
faceless,
lifeless,
soulless,
passionless,
spiritless,
insipid,
jejune,
flat,
bland,
dry,
stale,
dull,
uninteresting,
unimaginative,
boring,
tedious,
monotonous,
neutral,
anonymous,
colorful,
lively,
unofficial,
informal,
irregular,
age,
mature