greenish-gray
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- adjective
- /ˈɡriːnɪʃ ɡreɪ/
- US
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gris verdoso
- A small heap of greenish-gray twigs lay there; a few early spring flowers mingled, wilted, with the twigs.
- greenish-gray paint
- greenish-gray color
Examples
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A greenish-gray glacier blended into a raging river of frigid water just above our camp.
Fiction book (2002) -
He wore a uniform, matching pants and a shirt in greenish gray.
Fiction book (1994) -
They molted five times, measured 21 mm (total length) on Stage V, and were of a greenish-gray color (Dannevig, 1885c).
Academic text (1999) -
"I lived with him for a time when I was eighteen," he told me, dribbling candle wax onto his reply and pressing his father's wedding ring on the resultant greenish-gray puddle.
Fiction book (1992) -
The wall was painted a soft greenish-gray, giving the room a calm atmosphere.
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Her sweater was a lovely shade of greenish-gray, perfect for the chilly weather.
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The fog rolled in, painting the landscape in hues of greenish-gray that blended together.
Synonyms
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A green color mixed with gray
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A green color mixed with gray
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A yellow-green color like green olives
A gray color with a hint of olive green
A grey-green color like sage leaves
Dark green like the glass of a bottle
How Green
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Greenish-gray is a simple mix of two common words, green and gray, with the small ending -ish that means 'a little like'. So a greenish-gray color is just gray that is 'a little like' green, like the soft shade of mist or a calm lake at dawn.