grayish
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- adjective
- /ˈɡreɪɪʃ/
- US
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grisáceo
- The walls were painted a soft grayish hue, giving the room a calm and serene atmosphere.
- grayish-brown
- grayish-white
- grayish clay
You've got the slight greyish tones, the pinks.
- You've got the slight greyish tones, the pinks.
- Like some act really bluish, some act really grayish, some act really greenish.
- This one just looks a bit too grayish, like Gray, Gray, beige, brown.
- It's not that, it's not my colour, it's grey, greyish, grey, beige.
Examples
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She wore a grayish sweater that matched the overcast sky outside.
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The towel over the window had slipped, and the grayish moonlight was bright enough to read by.
Fiction book (1994) -
"Can they see us?" the general asked, looking through the grayish square of glass into the hospital room.
Fiction book (2000) -
It's kind of a misty, grayish green.
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The skin color is typically going to be a greenish color or a grayish color.
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They're grayish with big black eyes.
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Laney took a long swallow, and he watched her eyes, grayish blue, as she looked down into the glass.
Fiction book (2000) -
Pei looked up at the narrow, grayish building, which rose four or five stories above an herbalist's shop.
Fiction book (2000) -
By noon, the still cloudless sky started to take on a grayish hue, and the air turned soupy.
Fiction book (1997) -
A man lay stretched out on the grayish-white sheet of the narrow bunk, snoring slightly.
Fiction book (1998)
Synonyms
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A color between black and white like a cloudy sky
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A very deep grey color that reflects little light
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Gray with a little blue like the sky before a storm
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A dark blue-gray color like a wet stone or a storm sky
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A very dark gray like the color of charcoal
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A grey color that looks shiny like silver
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A grey color with a touch of blue
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A pale grey color with a soft, shiny look
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A gray color with a little brown in it
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A gray color with a little green in it
A light pale gray that looks like soft smoke
A gray color with a touch of blue
A dark gray color like the stone slate
A dark color with a little purple or blue used in painting
A dark blue-grey color artists use in painting
A gray color with a little red in it
A gray color mixed with some red
A grey color with a little brown in it
A grey color with a little yellow in it
A gray color with a little yellow
A gray color with a hint of olive green
A dark gray color that looks almost black
Compounds
How Gray
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word grayish comes from two simple parts: gray and the ending -ish, where -ish means 'somewhat' or 'like'. So grayish simply means 'somewhat gray' or slightly gray in color.