grayish-white
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- adjective
- /ˈɡreɪɪʃ waɪt/
- US
:
blanco grisáceo
- The sky was filled with a soft, grayish-white hue as the sun began to set.
- grayish-white hair
Examples
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It was made of grayish-white bricks, which had darkened a long time ago.
Fiction book (1996) -
In the searchlight, Bobby's red face looked grayish-white; lines I didn't usually notice sprang into craggy relief.
Fiction book (1990) -
A grayish-white border of dirt made a ring around the top edge of the tub.
Fiction book (1995) -
Her current canvas was so far nothing but a blur of the same grayish-white.
Fiction book (1991) -
He had always liked that house, and she was solid and firm-looking like it, with her grayish-white hair.
Fiction book (1990) -
A grayish-white semicircle is drifting near the door, popping in and looking about.
Fiction book (1992) -
When infected flowers or leaves are plucked, a grayish-white cloud of fungal spores can usually be seen.
Academic text (2000) -
She had grayish-white hair and grape-blue eyes recessed under thick brows.
Fiction book (1995) -
The majority, however, rapidly develop a central area of necrosis which replaces the papule with a central scale of grayish-white color which has been exactly likened to porcelain.
Academic text (2007) -
She chose a grayish-white paint for the walls to create a calming atmosphere in the room.
Synonyms
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1.6
Light in color, slightly pale like milk
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3.0
A pale color close to white with a slight hint of another color
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2.8
A white color with a little grey in it
A very light grey that looks almost white
How White
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Grayish-white simply joins gray and white with the ending -ish, which means 'somewhat' or 'kind of', like in bluish. So the word describes something that is 'white with a touch of gray'.