as in grey
of the color gray
the black stallion and white mare produced a grayish filly
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Recent Examples of grayish
The Bradford pear tree is a medium-sized tree that reaches a height of up to 60 feet with bark that is a muted, grayish brown which splits into scales with age.
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Mariyam Muhammad, The Enquirer, 16 Sep. 2024
His beautiful blond figures have bright-blue eyes, but no warmth; their grayish skin looks corpse-like.
—Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 10 Sep. 2024
Read more Among the displays of quartz, igneous rocks, and fossils at St. Xavier’s College in Mumbai sits a cylindrical, grayish lump.
—Byvaishnavi Chandrashekhar, science.org, 5 Sep. 2024
The Pixel Watch 3 adds another option to the mix: matte hazel, which seems more grayish than greenish.
—PCMAG, 13 Aug. 2024
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Mariyam Muhammad, The Enquirer, 16 Sep. 2024
His beautiful blond figures have bright-blue eyes, but no warmth; their grayish skin looks corpse-like.
—Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 10 Sep. 2024
Read more Among the displays of quartz, igneous rocks, and fossils at St. Xavier’s College in Mumbai sits a cylindrical, grayish lump.
—Byvaishnavi Chandrashekhar, science.org, 5 Sep. 2024
The Pixel Watch 3 adds another option to the mix: matte hazel, which seems more grayish than greenish.
—PCMAG, 13 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grayish
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The actress, whose divorce from Brad Pitt was finalized on January 3 after eight years of separation, wore all black to run her errands, while Knox wore a grey T-shirt and shorts.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
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Wearing a grey jacket and white shirt, the Deadpool & Wolverine star was on hand to introduce honoree Wicked, which the National Board of Review named the best movie of 2024.Jack Smart, People.com, 8 Jan. 2025
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Choose between gray, conifer, midnight, almond, horseradish, and copper.Rachel Fletcher, Architectural Digest, 14 Jan. 2025
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Related Articles For the special occasion, Clinton opted for a muted gray look.Julia Teti, WWD, 14 Jan. 2025
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Behind him, silver tinsel sparkles, a Nashville-glam backdrop to the intimate stage at Permanent Records Roadhouse, a cozy bar-cum-record store in Glassell Park.Maxwell Williams, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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Card, a Scot in his mid-60s with silver hair and beard, is the director of the excavation and has been with it since the start.Peter Ross, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Grayish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grayish. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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