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- [grey]
- /greɪ/
- /ɡreɪ/
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- [grey]
- /greɪ/
Definitions of gray word
- adjective gray of a color between white and black; having a neutral hue. 1
- adjective gray dark, dismal, or gloomy: gray skies. 1
- adjective gray dull, dreary, or monotonous. 1
- adjective gray having gray hair; gray-headed. 1
- adjective gray pertaining to old age; mature. 1
- adjective gray Informal. pertaining to, involving, or composed of older persons: gray households. 1
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Origin of gray
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English; Old English grǣg; cognate with German grau
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Parts of speech for Gray
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
gray popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
gray usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for gray
adj gray
- dusty — filled, covered, or clouded with or as with dust.
- drab — dull; cheerless; lacking in spirit, brightness, etc.
- stone — the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- lead — to cover, line, weight, treat, or impregnate with lead or one of its compounds.
- slate — a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
adjective gray
- steely — consisting or made of steel.
- dull — not sharp; blunt: a dull knife.
- grim — stern and admitting of no appeasement or compromise: grim determination; grim necessity.
- dark — When it is dark, there is not enough light to see properly, for example because it is night.
- gloomy — dark or dim; deeply shaded: gloomy skies.
verb gray
- overcloud — to overspread with or as if with clouds: a summer storm that briefly overclouds the sun; to overcloud one's pleasure with solemn thoughts.
- graying — of a color between white and black; having a neutral hue.
- obscure — (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
- blinding — A blinding light is extremely bright.
- hazing — an aggregation in the atmosphere of very fine, widely dispersed, solid or liquid particles, or both, giving the air an opalescent appearance that subdues colors.
Antonyms for gray
adjective gray
- bright — A bright colour is strong and noticeable, and not dark.
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