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   Gray

   /ɡrā/

   

   adjective

   • 1. of a color intermediate between black and white, as of ashes or lead: "gray flannel trousers" Similar grayishsilverysilver-graypearl-graypearlygunmetal grayslate-graysmoke-graysmokysootywhitesilverhoaryashenwanpalepastypallidcolorlesssallowleadenbloodlessanemicwhitewaxenchalkysicklypeakeddrainedsappedwashed-outdrawndeathlydeathlikeghostlyinformal:peakyOpposite ruddy
   • ▪ (of the weather) cloudy and dull: "a cold, gray November day" Similar cloudyovercastdulldimdarksunlessgloomydrearydismalsomberdrabbleakcheerlessdepressingglummistyfoggymurkyOpposite brightsunny
   • ▪ (of a person) having gray hair: "a gray, fatherly gentleman" Similar gray-hairedhoarygrizzledelderlyoldagedseniorancientvenerablein one's dotagelong in the toothas old as the hillspast one's primenot as young as one wasnot as young as one used to bedecrepitdodderingdodderynot long for this worldinformal:past itover the hillno spring chickenformal:senescentOpposite young
   • ▪ relating to old people collectively: informal "gray power" Similar gray-hairedhoarygrizzledelderlyoldagedseniorancientvenerablein one's dotagelong in the toothas old as the hillspast one's primenot as young as one wasnot as young as one used to bedecrepitdodderingdodderynot long for this worldinformal:past itover the hillno spring chickenformal:senescentOpposite young
   • ▪ (of a person's face) pale, as through tiredness, age, or illness: "his face looked gray and drawn"
   • 2. without interest or character; dull and nondescript: "gray, faceless men" Similar characterlesscolorlessnondescriptunremarkablefacelesslifelesssoullesspassionlessspiritlessinsipidjejuneflatblanddrystaledulluninterestingunimaginativeboringtediousmonotonousneutralanonymouswishy-washyOpposite colorfullively
   • 3. (of financial or trading activity) not accounted for in official statistics: "the gray economy" Similar unofficialinformalirregularback-door

   noun

   • 1. gray color or pigment: "dirty intermediate tones of gray"
   • ▪ gray clothes or material: "the man in gray"
   • ▪ gray hair: "he sighed at the amount of gray at his temple"
   • ▪ the Confederate army in the Civil War, or a member of that army.
   • 2. a gray thing or animal, in particular a gray or white horse.

   verb

   • 1. (especially of hair) become gray with age: "he had put on weight and grayed somewhat"
   • ▪ (of a person) become older: "the workforce is graying rapidly"

   Word Origin Old Englishgrǣg, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch grauw and German grau.

   Derivatives

   • 1. grayish adjective
   • 2. grayly adverb
   • 3. grayness noun

   Scrabble Points: 8

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